Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Government of India

Multi-talented Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is the new Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. An internationally acclaimed shooter and ex-armyman, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is a Member of Parliament (MP) from Jaipur Rural seat. He was included in the government when Prime Minister Modi expanded his cabinet recently. In 2013 after taking voluntary retirement from the Army, Rajyavardhan Rathore joined the BJP and was elected as an MP from the Jaipur Rural seat of Rajasthan in Lok Sabha election held in the year 2014. The state minister portfolio was given to him to increase the participation of Rajasthan in the government, otherwise the Parliament had only one representative (Nikhil Chand, MoS for Chemicals & Fertilizers) from Rajasthan.