Anurag Thakur appointed as new sports minister
By Ankur Singh
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Anurag Thakur was appointed as the new Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports on Wednesday.
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He replaced Kiren Rijiju as the country’s Sports Minister with just over two weeks left for the Tokyo Olympics.
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Thakur was the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) between May 2016 and February 2017.
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Before that, he was the secretary of the Board and also headed the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA).
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Thakur was serving as the minister of state for finance and corporate affairs under Nirmala Sitharaman before Wednesday's cabinet reshuffle.
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Thakur thanked Narendra Modi for his promotion as a Union Cabinet Minister using Twitter.
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