Very Significant Landmark In Reshuffle Is That We Now Have Nirmala Sitharaman As New Defence Minister: Arun Jaitley

The six new Ministers of State are Shiv Pratap Shukla (Finance), Ashwini Choubey (Health and Family Welfare), Virendra Kumar (Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs), Anantkumar Hegde (Skill Development and Entrepreneurship), Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) and Satya Pal Singh (Human Resource Development, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation). (Image: PIB) (With inputs from agencies)

Nirmala Sitharaman was on Sunday named India's Defence Minister in a reshuffle-cum-expansion of his ministry carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that also saw Piyush Goyal take charge of Indian Railways. (Image: PIB)

"I am sure, now that I have an extremely competent successor in Nirmala Sitharaman, she will carry the road forward," he added. (Image: ANI)

"It is a case where a minister performs well and earns a higher responsibility for herself (Nirmala Sitharaman)," Union Minister added. (Image: ANI)

New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley, on Sunday, hailed the promotion of Nirmala Sitharaman and said that it is a "very significant landmark". "Very significant landmark in this reshuffle is that we now have Nirmala Sitharaman as the new Defence Minister," Arun Jaitley said. (Image: ANI)