India’s sports ministry also saw the exit of Vijay Goel with former Olympic athlete Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore taking over as Sports Minister in the Indian government’s cabinet reshuffle in New Delhi on Monday.
The 47-year-old Rathore won silver in the double trap shooting event during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He also won multiple gold and silver medals during the Commonwealth and Asian Games. Rathore gets independent charge of the sports ministry. Twitter welcomed the moved with former Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra wishing him ‘All the best’ and also coined the decision as delightful.
Goel, who was earlier the sports minister, will now be minister of state for sports. He will also be minister of state for parliamentary affairs and statistics and programme implementation.
Delighted to see @Ra_THORe is the new sports minister . All the very very best !
— Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) September 3, 2017
Meet India's new sports minister @Ra_THORe, an Olympic athlete and silver medalist! Congratulations! @IndianOlympians @worldolympians
— Shiva Keshavan (@100thofasec) September 3, 2017
Not to be missed, @Ra_THORe gets independent charge as sports minister. Apt and well deserved. Congrats
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 3, 2017
I wish to congratulate @Ra_THORe on your new new role and I wish you every success in your new duties.#CabinetReshuffle
— Mary Kom (@MangteC) September 3, 2017
#cabinetreshuffle two appointments i m really excited about...😀😀
— Heena SIDHU (@HeenaSidhu10) September 3, 2017
1. @Ra_THORe as our Sports Minister
2. @nsitharaman as our Defence Minister
Good to @Ra_THORe as sports and youth affairs.. right man in the right place..#ModiTeam2019
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) September 3, 2017
First priority for @Ra_THORe would be to get things underway for Tokyo.Nothing has moved in Sports in the last one year
— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) September 3, 2017
Congratulations to Col @Ra_THORe and the govt for ensuring more efficient utilisation of his expertise in a core area where he has excelled.
— Navdeep Singh (@SinghNavdeep) September 3, 2017
Congrats Rajyavardhan Rathore for getting the charge of Sports Ministry!
— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) September 3, 2017
Can't say the same about others-But @Ra_THORe is a good choice! pic.twitter.com/BmB3S0RFxu
