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Will promote Brand India abroad: Textiles minister Santosh Gangwar

New Delhi: Textiles minister Santosh Gangwar on Tuesday said he would work towards promoting Brand India abroad and boosting country's textile exports.Gangwar has been assigned minister of state for textiles (independent charge). He is also

PTI Updated on: May 27, 2014 19:56 IST
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will promote brand india abroad textiles minister santosh gangwar

New Delhi: Textiles minister Santosh Gangwar on Tuesday said he would work towards promoting Brand India abroad and boosting country's textile exports.


Gangwar has been assigned minister of state for textiles (independent charge). He is also junior minister, parliamentary affairs, water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation.
 
“On a visit to the US once I saw branded clothes and found they were made in India. I wish to promote Brand India across the world,” Gangwar told .
 
65-year-old Santosh Gangwar has been a Lok Sabha member since 1989, barring 2009, when he lost by a narrow margin.
 
He was the chief whip of the BJP in the 14th Lok Sabha. This time he has won from Bareilly by a margin of over two lakh votes.

Gangwar, who has been associated with social work and active politics for over three decades, was jailed during the Emergency period.
 
He also served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of general secretary of the state BJP Unit in 1996.

He earlier held ministerial posts at the Centre as minister of state for petroleum and natural gas with additional charge of parliament affairs.
 


 
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