nirmala sitharaman was the newly appointed defence minister of india.
nirmala sitharaman was the newly appointed defence minister of india.
who is the newly appointed defence minister of india?
nirmala sitharaman
nirmala sitharaman (born 18 august 1959) is an indian politician of the bharatiya janata party (bjp), who is currently serving as the minister of finance and minister of corporate affairs. she is a member of the rajya sabha, upper house of the indian parliament, since 2014. sitharaman formerly served as the defence minister of india, thereby becoming india's second female defence minister and also the second female finance minister after indira gandhi. she has served as the minister of state for finance and corporate affairs under the ministry of finance and the minister for commerce and industry with independent charge. prior to that, she has served as a national spokesperson for the bjp..
nirmala sitharaman
as of 2006, more than fifty years after its having been promulgated, the report was to remain classified by order of the upa government led by the indian national congress. in april 2010, india's defence minister a.k. antony told parliament that the report could not be declassified because its contents "are not only extremely sensitive but are of current operational value." this statement was criticised by bjp leaders including arun jaitley who even penned a blog post on it . after may 2014, when bjp led government came to power, the newly appointed defence minister arun jaitley refused to declassify the report. jaitley removed his blog post and also agreed that the brooks report could not be declassified.
henderson brooks–bhagat report