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Ravneet Singh Bittu got a place as an assistant minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government

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He will visit his ministries with Food Processing Minister Chirag Paswan and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav. (Photo: Facebook/Ravneet Singh Bittu)

Ravneet Singh Bittu, who has been a three-time Lok Sabha member from Punjab, has been given a place as an assistant minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. He will visit his ministries with Food Processing Minister Chirag Paswan and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav.

Let us tell you that Ravneet Bittu left the Congress and joined the BJP in March, but he lost the election to the current president of the Congress, Raja Waring. BJP can send them to Rajya Sabha from Haryana or any other state.

Bittu said that he will talk to the farmers' leaders and also arrange a meeting with Prime Minister Modi to meet all the rightful demands and find a permanent solution to the issue.

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