New Delhi: Sarbanand Sonowal, the new sports minister who took charge today, wants to make his ministry "important and visible" and will seek advise from experts and sports personalities of the country to discharge his duties.


Sarbanand Sonowal

Welcomed by the ministry officials at his Shastri Bhawan office, Sonowal was cautious taking questions from media.

"Today is the first day. I need your (media) support and support of the countrymen to make this ministry important and visible," Sonowal, the Lok Sabha MP from Lakhimpur constituency in Assam, told reporters after taking charge.