Senior BJP leader and party spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad was named the new telecom minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet. Born on August 30, 1954, in Patna, Prasad, a lawyer and politician, was deputy leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He holds a masters degree in political science from Patna University and also a law degree. He began his political career as a student leader in the 1970s organising protests against the late Indira Gandhi's government. He also worked in the student movement in Bihar under the Jayaprakash Narayan's leadership and was imprisoned during the Emergency.


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