Bhopal: Hitesh Vajpayee gets ministerial status

BHOPAL: Hitesh Vajpayee, chairman of MP State Civil Supplies Corporation has been accorded status of cabinet minister by the state government. Orders to this effect were issued on Wednesday. At the time of his appointment, Vajpayee was given the status of cabinet minister. But when official orders were issued the next day, he found that he has been given MoS status. Since then, he was trying to get the higher status. Sources said that BJP state in-charge Vinay Sahasrabuddhe was instrumental in fetching ministerial status for him.