No contradiction among Congress leaders in Rajasthan on cabinet reshuffle: Maken
India | July 25, 2021 14:03 ISTAjay Maken on Sunday said there is no contradiction among the party's leaders in Rajasthan on the issue of cabinet reshuffle.
Ajay Maken on Sunday said there is no contradiction among the party's leaders in Rajasthan on the issue of cabinet reshuffle.
The most important change on Saturday was Deputy PM Carmen Calvo leaving the cabinet, reports Xinhua news agency.
Veteran BJP leader and former union minister Thaawarchand Gehlot on Sunday took oath as the 19th Governor of Karnataka succeeding Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala.
About 24 or 31 per cent ministers have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, robbery etc.
The prime minister also advised ministers replacing RS Prasad, Prakash Javadekar and others to learn from their experiences to run their ministries effectively, sources said.
Notably, Chirag had opened a front against Kumar ahead of the assembly elections last year when he claimed that people of the state were yearning for a change in leadership.
Seven new ministers – more than one-fifth of the inclusion- are from Uttar Pradesh, which goes to the polls next year.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday took a swipe at the BJP, saying it should thank the Sena and the NCP for providing it "human resource" to fill cabinet berths in the Narendra Modi-led central government.
The Narendra-Modi led government allocated portfolios to its new ministers on Wednesday.
Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi Lekhi was included in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Union Cabinet on Wednesday. She is serving her second term as a parliamentarian.
Anupriya Patel, president of the Apna Dal (Sonelal) party, was on Wednesday inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Cabinet.
Ahead of Cabinet expansion on Wednesday, Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar tender their resignation.
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad resigned from Modi Cabinet on Wednesday, just an hour ahead of a major Cabinet reshuffle.
Some of the prominent faces inducted or promoted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet include Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Meenakshi Lekhi, Ajay Bhatt, Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy, Anupriya Patel, Hardeep Singh Puri.
Union ministers Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank were among the top politicians who resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet on Wednesday.
In a mega cabinet expansion, 43 leaders took the oath of office as ministers in the Modi government. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Bhupender Yadav, Anupriya Patel, Shobha Karandlaje, Meenakshi Lekhi, Ajay Bhatt, Anurag Thakur among others have been included in the government.
Union minister Babul Supriyo stepped down from the Union cabinet on Wednesday.
Ashwini Kumar Choubey is a Lok Sabha MP from Buxar parliamentary seat of Bihar.
This will be the first reshuffle of the Council of Ministers by PM Narendra Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019. The Union Cabinet can have 81 ministers.
Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot was on Tuesday appointed as Karnataka Governor and Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel was named as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué. Gehlot (73), Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, is a prominent Dalit leader. He served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Modi government. Besides, he also served the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha. A member of the Parliamentary Board and the Central Election Committee of the BJP, his appointment as the Governor of Karnataka came amid talks of Cabinet expansion.
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