(Bloomberg) -- Andimuthu Raja was appointed India's new minister for computers and telecommunications, replacing Dayanidhi Maran, who resigned after his party sought his removal.
The appointment was announced on the Indian president's Web site today. Raja, 44, is also a member of Maran's Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, and was the minister for environment and forests. A lawyer by education, Raja was elected to the lower house of parliament from Perambalur constituency in the southern province of Tamil Nadu. Calls to Raja's office and mobile phone went unanswered.
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