Happy to serve the nation under PM Modi's leadership: Union Minister L Murugan
Jun 14, 2024
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 14 : Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, L Murugan, expressed his sincere gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday for the opportunity to serve the nation under his leadership.
Speaking to reporters in Chennai, Murugan said, " I want to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to PM Modi, for giving me this opportunity to serve this nation under his leadership."
"His vision is to make this country 'Vikshit Bharat'." I am very happy that I am a part of his vision," he added.
In addition to his appreciation for PM Modi, Murugan also extended his thanks to Union Ministers Amit Shah and JP Nadda, as well as BJP state president K Annamalai, for the opportunity.
L Murugan assumed charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) on Tuesday.
"I am very happy and I express my sincere thanks and gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving me the opportunity to serve in this ministry again," Murugan said while speaking to reporters after taking charge.
This is Murugan's second consecutive term as MoS in the PM Modi cabinet. He was elected as MP of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh.
Murugan fought the Lok Sabha elections from the Nilgiris constituency in Tamil Nadu but lost to DMK's A Raja. Later, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, paving the way for a Cabinet berth for the second time.
A total of 71 ministers joined the Modi 3.0 cabinet on Monday and all these ministers along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath in a grand swearing-in ceremony on Sunday.
In the recently held Lok Sabha election, the INDIA bloc registered a landslide victory in Tamil Nadu winning all 39 seats in the state as well as the lone seat in neighbouring Puducherry.
The declaration of results of the 18th Lok Sabha election in the 543-member Parliament saw the BJP-led NDA winning 294 seats and the INDIA bloc bagging 234 seats.