(PTI/Files)Double portfoliosAlong with their heavy duties as Railway Minister and HRD Minister respectively, Piyush Goyal and Prakash Javadekar have another weighty responsibility. In fact they could end up spending as much time on party work as they do on official duties. Although Ramya had no previous experience with the Congress social media cell, Rahul was impressed by her combative tweets against the PM and BJP ministers. After she took over, the budget for the social media cell, located at the party’s power centre on the Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, has shot up some 20 times. Instead of single-entry clearances as in Jayalalithaa’s regime, there are now multiple entry points, with MLAs involved in the process.
Source: Indian Express September 23, 2017 18:45 UTC