Rajyavardhan Rathore, the Olympic silver medallist in a major cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been appointed as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports.

Before this, he was given the post of Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting. He has taken the place of Vijay Goel who is now made the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.

He told ANI that "I express my gratitude to the Prime Minister of the country for reposing faith in me and giving me a very important ministry. I say it's important because if we have to build a new India, the new India will be built by the youth of this nation,"

"And the youth of the nation should be provided with the best of the opportunities. It's not just that in schools and colleges that you find education for life but it's also on the sports field," he added.

"Let's create systems that take away all hurdles from the sportsmen other than his adversary. Let's create a new India that is fit, mentally and physically strong and is able to win medals for this country," he said.

He is the country's first Olympic silver medallist and has three Commonwealth Gold medals, and two World Championship Gold medals.

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