Back in Parliament and Union Cabinet
She returned to Parliament in April 2000 as a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh . She was allocated to Uttrakhand when the new state was carved out of Uttar Pradesh. She was inducted into the Union Cabinet as Minister for Information and Broadcasting, which position she held from September 2000 until January 2003.
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