New Delhi
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday welcomed Kirti Vardhan Singh and Pabitra Margherita, the two newly-appointed Ministers of State, in the External Affairs Ministry to Team MEA.
While Kirti Vardhan Singh is a five-time BJP MP from Gonda in Uttar Pradesh, Margherita is a Rajya Sabha member from Assam.
Welcomed Ministers of State KVSinghMPGonda and PmargheritaBJP to TeamMEA, Jaishankar said in a post on X which was accompanied by his pictures with the two ministers.
Jaishankar took oath as Cabinet Minister at the ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday. Kirti Vardhan Singh and Pabitra Margherita took oath as Ministers of State in the ceremony.
Jaishankar was the External Affairs Minister in the previous BJP-led NDA government and retained the portfolio in the allocation done on Monday.
Following the portfolio allocation, Jaishankar welcomed the two junior ministers in his team and said that Team MEA has worked over the last decade on a people-centric foreign policy.
Deeply honored to be appointed as the Minister of External Affairs in PM Narendra Modi’s Government. Welcome colleagues MoS KV Singh MP Gonda & MoS P Margherita BJP to the Ministry. Team MEA has worked over the last decade on a people-centric foreign policy. Our commitment to Bharat First and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam will facilitate the making of a Vishwabandhu Bharat, he said in a post on X on Monday.
Jaishankar and his two junior ministers in MEA assumed charge of their offices on Tuesday. Kirti Vardhan Singh is also Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
