The rise of Son and Slaves

It seems in india Politics has become a family business. In the new ministry announced by Congress, More that a quarter (~30%) new ministers are family members of Influential politicians

1.Shri Virbhadra Singh Minister of Steel

2. Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

3. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Minister of Health and Family Welfare

4. Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde Minister of Power

5. Shri M. Veerappa Moily Minister of Law and Justice

6. Dr. Farooq Abdullah Minister of New and Renewable Energy

7. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Minister of Urban Development

8. Shri Kamal Nath Minister of Road Transport and Highways

9. Shri Vayalar Ravi Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs

10. Smt. Meira Kumar, Daughter of late Dalit leader Babu Jagjivan Ram is now Minister of Water Resources

11. Shri Dayanidhi Maran who is Karunanidhi’s grandnephew is Minister of Textiles

12. Shri A. Raja Minister of Communications and Information Technology

13. Shri Murli Deora Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

14. Smt. Ambika Soni also known as HMV(Her Madams voice) is now Minister of Information and Broadcasting

15. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Minister of Labour and Employment

16. Shri Kapil Sibal Minister of Human Resource Development

17. Shri B.K. Handique Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

18. Shri Anand Sharma Minister of Commerce and Industry

19. Shri C.P. Joshi Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj

20. Kum. Selja daughter of Dalbir Singh, a former union minister of the Congress is Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism

21. Shri Subodh Kant Sahay Minister of Food Processing Industries

22. Dr. M.S. Gill Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

23. Shri G.K. Vasan, Son of Tamil Maanila Congress founder late G K Moopanar is now Minister of Shipping

24. Shri Pawan K. Bansal Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

25. Shri Mukul Wasnik, Son of congress ex MP Balkrishna Wasnik is now Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

26. Shri Kantilal Bhuria, awarded for his loyalty to the Gandhi family again Minister of Tribal Affairs. He touched the feet of Congress president Sonia Gandhi before taking the oath

27. Shri M.K. Alagiri, elder son of M Karunanidhi is now Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1. Shri Praful Patel Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Civil Aviation

2. Shri Prithviraj Chavan is from the family of DR Chauhan, a minister of petroleum in the Indira Gandhi Govt is now Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Science and Technology

3. Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Coal and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

4. Shri Salman Khursheed, Grandson of the late Zakir Hussain Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs

5. Shri Dinsha J. Patel Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

6. Smt. Krishna Tirath Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development

7. Shri Jairam Ramesh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Shri Srikant Jena Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

2. Shri E. Ahamed Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

3. Shri Mullappally Ramachandran Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

4. Shri V. Narayansamy awarded for his loyalty to the Gandhi family Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

5. Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, son of MadhavRao Sindhia is now Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

6. Smt. D. Purandeswari daughter of NT Ramarao is Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development

7. Shri K.H. Muniyappa Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

8. Shri Ajay Maken, brother of Congress leader Lalit Maken is now Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

9. Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles

10. Shri Namo Narain Meena Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

11. Shri M.M. Pallam Raju, son of M S Sanjeevi Rao who was a minister in the Indira Gandhi government between 1982-84 is now Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence

12. Shri Saugata Ray Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development

13. Shri S.S. Palanimanickam Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

14. Shri Jitin Prasad, Son of Jitender Prasad is now Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

15. Shri A. Sai Prathap Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel

16. Smt. Preneet Kaur, the wife of former Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh & daughter of former Punjab Chief Minister Gyan Singh Kahlon is now Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

17. Shri Gurdas Kamat Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

18. Shri Harish Rawat Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment

19. Prof. K.V. Thomas Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

20. Shri Bharatsinh Solanki, Son of Madhav Sinh Solanki, Guj CM is now Minister of State in the Ministry of Power

21. Shri Mahadev S. Khandela Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

22. Shri Dinesh Trivedi Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

23. Shri Sisir Adhikari Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

24. Shri Sultan Ahmed Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

25. Shri Mukul Roy Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping

26. Shri Mohan Jatua Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

27. Shri D. Napoleon Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

28. Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

29. Shri S. Gandhiselvan Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

30. Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary, son of Gujarat CM Amar Singh Chaudhary is now  Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

31. Shri Sachin Pilot, son of Rajesh Pilot Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

32. Shri Arun Yadav, the son of Subhash Yadav, a former PCC chief in Madhya Pradesh is now Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

33. Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil is grandson Congress leader Vasant Dada Patil is now Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

34. Shri R.P.N. Singh, the son of Congress leader CPN Singh, who was MoS in the Indira Gandhi Govt is now Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

35. Shri Shashi Tharoor Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

36. Shri Vincent Pala Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources

37. Shri Pradeep Jain Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

38. Ms. Agatha Sangma daughter of NCP leader P.A. Sangma is Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development