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Goan-origin British MP Suella Fernandes and Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law appointed to cabinet
Prime Minister Theresa May shifted India-born MP Alok Sharma from the housing to the employment ministry.
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday appointed two pro-Brexit Indian-origin MPs to ministerial positions. The prime minister named Goan-origin Suella Fernandes a junior minister in the department in charge of leaving the European Union, Reuters reported. Fernandes is the head of the European Research Group – a faction of Conservative lawmakers who support Brexit.
May also appointed Rishi Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy, to a ministerial position, The Guardian reported. He will serve as the parliamentary undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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