Agatha Sangma, youngest minister in PM's team

Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:50 [IST]

New Delhi, May 28: Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's team will have a representation of youth brigade this time. Among the 59 MPs who were inducted to the Cabinet, Sachin Pilot and Agatha Sangma are the new entrants from the brigade.

Milind Deora and Navin Jindal, other members of the brigade, however, failed to make it. Milind, elected from South Mumbai, lost out apparently because his father Murli Deora has been retained as Cabinet minister.

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Agatha Sangma, the daughter of former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, will be the youngest minister in the Manmohan Singh cabinet at the age of 28 years. Winning for a second time from Tura in Meghalaya, she belongs to the NCP.

Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jitin Prasada, the other members of the youth brigade have retained their berths in the Council of Ministers.

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