Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi: Textiles Minister Smriti Irani was today given the additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry after M Venkaiyah Naidu resigned from the Cabinet to contest the vice-presidential poll.
The portfolio of urban development, which too was with Naidu, was given to Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, the PMO said.
The BJP had yesterday decided to field Naidu as NDA’s candidate for the post of vice president.
President Pranab Mukherjee today accepted the resignation of Mr M Venkaiah Naidu from the council of ministers and assigned Ms Smriti Irani the charge of Information and Broadcasting ministry while Mr Narendra Singh Tomar was assigned the Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs.
‘The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of Mr M Venkaiah Naidu, from the Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution.
