With just 2 weeks left for the Tokyo Olympics, former BCCI president Anurag Thakur replaced Kiren Rijiju as India's new Union Sports Minister. The 46-year-old was given charge of sports along with the Information and Broadcasting ministry.
After he took oath as a cabinet minister, Thakur tweeted to express his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for entrusting him with this responsibility.
Thakur was the president of the BCCI between May 2016 and February 2017. Before that, he was the secretary of the Board and also headed the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association. Meanwhile, Rijiju has become the new Law and Justice minister.
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