Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju assigned additional charge of Ministry of AYUSH

The Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports (Independent Charge) and Minister of State, Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, has been given the additional charge of the Ministry of AYUSH.
He has been assigned the portfolio on temporary basis till the treatment of the Union Minister Shripad Y Naik, who met an accident on January 11.
The 68-year-old Shripad Yesso Naik, was holding the portfolio as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in Ministry of Defence.