The saffron party had on April 17 asked all its nine ministers in the PDP-BJP government in the state to submit their resignations to enable bringing in new faces in the two-year-old Mufti cabinet.
Ahead of the reshuffle, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh resigned on Sunday. The post will be filled by Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta.
This comes as the much-awaited reshuffle in the Mehbooba Mufti led Jammu and Kashmir government is yet to take place with the BJP expected to bring in some new faces.
The reshuffle comes within a fortnight of the ruling partner BJP asking all its ministers in the state government to resign soon after two party ministers resigned over the Kathua rape and murder case.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule was offered a Cabinet berth by Prime Minister Narendra Modi but she turned down the offer
Nitish Kumar blamed the media over reports suggesting Janata Dal United’s inclusion in the reshuffle of the Union Cabinet
An effective BJP spokesperson in the run-up to the 2014 polls, Sitharaman will be the second woman in the crucial Cabinet Committee on Security after External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj
In the biggest turnaround in the third major reshuffle of the union Cabinet, Nirmala Sitharaman was on Sunday named the new Defence Minister, becoming only the second woman o hold the post since former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Soon after being elevated to Cabinet ranks in the major reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, Power Minister Piyush Goyal was on Sunday given the charge of the Railway ministry
After the Janata Dal (United) failed to find a place in the major reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over not being invited to the attend the oath-taking ceremony
Four junior ministers -- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal were elavated to the cabinet rank and nine fresh faces inducted as Ministers of State in a major rejig of his team by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The major revamp of the Narendra Modi government recognised the works of Ministers of State Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nirmala Sitharaman and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
The major revamp of the Cabinet is said to based on the formula of 4P – Passion, Proficiency, Professional and Political acumen – for progress
Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy has resigned from his post
New Delhi: I can't even remember when a Prime Minister sent a message so loud and clear through an exercise that is his sole prerogative: Cabinet reshuffle. Of course, Manmohan Singh never had the freedom:
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