Cabinet Ministers

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Dayanidhi Maran has served as the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology in the first United Progressive Alliance government. He was forced to resign from his post after a bitter feud with granduncle and DMK patriarch Karunanidhi.

Mukul Wasnik, who was elected from Ramtek in Maharashtra, has previously served as the Union Minister for Sports. He is also general secretary of the All India Congress Committee.

Subodh Kant Sahay, who was elected from Ranchi in Jharkhand, has held the post of the Minister of State for Home in the V P Singh government. In the first UPA government, he has served as the minister of state in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries