<p class="title">Smriti Irani on Monday took charge as the Union Women and Child Development Minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was welcomed by senior officials of the ministry and Minister of State in the WCD Ministry Debashree Chaudhuri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Soon after assuming charge, Irani held a meeting with all senior officials of the ministry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Amethi MP has retained the charge of Textiles Ministry, a portfolio she held during the first term of the Narendra Modi government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She had met her predecessor Maneka Gandhi on Saturday to discuss important issues in the ministry and the way forward in tackling them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Irani emerged as a 'giant slayer' after defeating Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi.</p>
<p class="title">Smriti Irani on Monday took charge as the Union Women and Child Development Minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was welcomed by senior officials of the ministry and Minister of State in the WCD Ministry Debashree Chaudhuri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Soon after assuming charge, Irani held a meeting with all senior officials of the ministry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Amethi MP has retained the charge of Textiles Ministry, a portfolio she held during the first term of the Narendra Modi government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She had met her predecessor Maneka Gandhi on Saturday to discuss important issues in the ministry and the way forward in tackling them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Irani emerged as a 'giant slayer' after defeating Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi.</p>