PM Modi takes over portfolio after TDP minister quits

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take over the portfolio of Civil Aviation from Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju following his resignation on Thursday evening.

"As advised by the Prime Minister, the President has directed that the work of the Ministry of Civil Aviation will be looked after by



the Prime Minister," news agency ANI quoted Rashtrapati Bhawan as saying.

Two Union Ministers, Ashok Gajapathi Raju and YS Chowdary, have submitted their resignations to the Prime Minister on Thursday evening following the TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's announcement.