News Nation Logo

Super Question Hour: Rise and demotion of Smriti Irani

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved Smriti Irani out of the Human Resource Development ministry and Prakash Javadekar will replace her now. Irani has been moved to the Textile Ministry, seen as a less important assignment. In other important changes made by PM Modi in his cabinet reshuffle, Venkaiah Naidu will now be Minister for Information and Broadcasting, a portfolio held by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as an additional charge. Sadananda Gowda loses the Law Ministry to Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is also the Telecom Minister.

Updated : 07 July 2016, 12:46 AM

Videos