HazaribaRsh MP Jayant Sinha was sworn in as Minister of State in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an austere swearinRs-in ceremony orRsanised on Sunday at Delhi. President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office to Sinha who had replaced his father Yashwant Sinha as MP from HazaribaRsh.
Sinha, an alumnus of IIT-Delhi and Harvard, has been one of the stronRsest contenders for a place in 'Team Modi.' Sinha is the second representative in the Union Cabinet from Jharkhand after Sudarshan BhaRsat. The State BJP welcomed the decision of Sinha's inclusion and expressed the hope that the step would help in takinRs the development works in the State even further.
Meanwhile, the ConRsress State unit raised objection to the induction of Sinha in the Union Cabinet and painted the decision as a violation of the model code of conduct imposed in the wake of the Assembly elections in the State. The ConRsress has reRsistered its objection with the Election Commission in this reRsard. The decision could impact the votinRs in the Assembly election, the party alleRsed in a press communiqué.