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| | India - News - Uma Bharati, Arun Jaitley Sworn In As Cabinet Ministers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17) |
 | | Although upset with the last minute developments, Vajpayee nevertheless carried out the minor cabinet expansion, with Uma Bharati and Arun Jaitley taking their oaths as cabinet ministers in a simple ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential palace. |
 | | Arun Shourie, minister of disinvestments, will assist the Prime Minister as minister of state in the ministry of planning. |
 | | Jaitley, the rising star of Indian politics, has been holding independent charge as minister for law and company affairs, but Vajpayee has elevated him to the cabinet, an indication of the confidence he reposes in the 48-year-old minister. |
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