MP Alok Sharma gets UK foreign office post
LONDON : Conservative MP Alok Sharma has been appointed parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Prime Minister Theresa May, adding a new face of Indian-origin to frontline British politics.
Sharma was first elected to parliament in the May 2010 elections and re-elected in May 2015 from Reading West.
He will work with foreign secretary Boris Johnson and is likely to have a role related to India.
Sharma had the role of ”Prime Minister’s infrastructure envoy for India” in the previous government headed by David Cameron , working on the implementation of massive projects announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to London in November 2015.
However, Sandip Verma, the Amritsar-born member of the House of Lords, was dropped from May’s council of ministers. Baroness Verma was the parliamentary
ALOK SHARMA WAS FIRST ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT IN THE MAY 2010 ELECTIONS AND REELECTED IN MAY 2015 FROM READING WEST
under-secretary of state in the Department for International Development.
The new secretary in the Department for International Development is Priti Patel, who was appointed to the cabinetlevel post soon after May took over as prime minister last week.