Top priority for data protection bill, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

NEW DELHI: Ravi Shankar Prasad, who won his first-ever Lok Sabha election from Patna Sahib this year, will continue as the Minister for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in the new Cabinet. Beside MeitY, Prasad has also been given the charge of communications ministry.
Shankar had previously held this position between 2014 and 2016, before it was given to BJP leader Manoj Sinha who lost his seat in the 2019 general elections. Prasad will also continue to be the law minister.