TMC's Mukul Roy sworn-in as rail minister

March 20, 2012 10:03

President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office as Cabinet minister to Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy, who took charge of the Union railway ministry. The President, as advised by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had accepted the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi from the Union Council of Ministers, on Sunday, a statement said. Trivedi, also a Trinamool Congress MP, resigned as the railway minister Sunday night.

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