Piyush Goyal becomes Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
Senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal was on Wednesday appointed the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha. The post was vacant after Thaawarchand Gehlot was appointed as the Governor of Karnataka.
Piyush Goyal holds key portfolios in the government and is a member of the Rajya Sabha since 2010.
Goyal’s appointment comes ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, which will begin on July 19 and end on August 13. This will be the first season since the second wave of COVID-19, which was far worse than before.
Earlier on Tuesday, top BJP leaders and Union ministers, including party president JP Nadda, Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, held a meeting to discuss matters related to the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament and formulate the party’s strategy to counter the opposition. of. The BJP leaders held extensive discussions on the party’s floor strategy for the upcoming session and also to ensure the passage of important bills and financial works including supplementary demands for grants.
Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupender Yadav and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and ministers of state Arjun Ram Meghwal and V Muraleedharan, among others, were present in the meeting.
In a major cabinet reshuffle earlier this month, Goyal, who held the portfolios of commerce and industry, consumer affairs and food and public distribution, was given additional charge of the textiles ministry.
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