3 Muslim ministers elevated to cabinet rank in UP

January 24, 2014 18:47

To assuage the sentiments of Muslims in the wake of Muzaffarnagar riots, the Uttar Pradesh government today elevated three ministers of state from the community to the cabinet rank and also inducted a new Muslim face in the ministry.

Those elevated to the cabinet rank today are Mehboob Ali, Iqbal Mehmood and Shahid Manzoor.

Yasir Ali was sworn in as a minister of state by Governor BL Joshi. Ali is the son of Waqar Ahmed Shah, who was ailing for the past several months and was relieved of his labour portfolio.

The expansion of the 21-month-old Akhilesh Yadav ministry came ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Shivakant Ojha, who could not be present during the last reshuffle on January 18 as he was abroad, was today elevated as a cabinet minister.

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