Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mansukh Mandaviya has been handed the Ministries of Labour and Employment and of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Modi Cabinet 3.0. 

Mandaviya served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers of India in his previous term as the Union Minister. The 52-year-old BJP leader takes over the Sports Ministry from Anurag Thakur, who served in the post from July 2021 onwards. Mandaviya takes the Labour and Employment ministry from Bhupendra Yadav. 

Mandaviya won the Lok Sabha 2024 Elections from the Porbandar seat in Gujarat. He was pitted against Congress leader Lalit Vasoya from the seat and won by a margin of 383360 votes.

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