Showing posts with label Arjun Ram Meghwal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arjun Ram Meghwal. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Arjun Ram Meghwal: Another IAS-turned politician finds berth in North Block

Arjun Ram Meghwal, an IAS-turned politician and BJP’s Member of Parliament from Bikaner in Rajasthan, was on Tuesday appointed as the minister of state for finance and corporate affairs in Narendra Modi government at the Centre. Earlier, former Bihar cadre IAS Yashwant Sinha and former Karnataka cadre IAS JD Seelam served as union finance minister and MoS, finance respectively under different governments. But the story of Meghwal is really inspirational: Born to a family of weavers from Kismidesar village in Bikaner, Meghwal continued his studies while helping his father in weaving. He did his…