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Advani to oversee J&K dept

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has entrusted the responsibility of the department of Jammu and Kashmir affairs, hitherto held by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to Union Home Minister Lal Kishinchand Advani.

A Presidential communique said the prime minister will relinquish the charge of this department with immediate effect.

The J and K department was created during the P V Narasimha Rao regime and was handled by the Prime Minister's Office. The Union home secretary is the ex-officio secretary in this department.

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