- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
Thirty-five years since India’s defence ministry last saw a woman at its helm, there is another: Nirmala Sitharaman. Until now, the only woman to head India’ defence ministry was Indira Gandhi: first in 1975 and again in 1980-82. Madurai-born Sitharaman, who was earlier minister of state for commerce, has a master’s in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and has worked for PwC, London and briefly with BBC World Service. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2008, and was made a member of the national executive and was nominated as party spokesperson in 2010. Nirmala Sitharaman, the only woman minister in the Sunday’s Cabinet reshuffle, has been appointed…
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