New Delhi: M Veerappa Moily, former Karnataka Chief Minister and a prominent backward community leader of Congress was on Thursday alloted the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Moily, 69, who has considerable administrative experience acquired during his stint as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, was appointed a cabinet minister on May 22.
He has been instrumental in spreading the benefits of OBC reservation in Karnataka as also the rest of the country.
He was the chairman of the Oversight Committee for implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central educational institutes in 2006.
A loyal Congressman, Moily has been the chairman of the party's media department, chairman of the department of policy planning and coordination and Congress Working Committee member in-charge of Andhra Pradesh and Assam.
Moily is a multifaceted personality -- a lawyer, a writer, a politician and one deeply involved in the study of good governance.
Moily recently completed his work as chairman of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) and brought out voluminous reports that could do any academic and public administrator proud.
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