Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the Cabinet reshuffle initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and induction of new ministers in his team is in reality the representation of entire India.
With leaders like Bhupendra Yadav and Annapurna Devi, who handled key responsibilities in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being given a place in the Cabinet, the party would like to fill the vacant slots with leaders who have been removed from Team Modi.
The selection of names inducted in the Union Cabinet from Uttar Pradesh, clearly indicates the priorities of the BJP for the UP elections.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been handed over the additional charge of the newly formulated Ministry of Co-operation in Modi's new cabinet.
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.
Kiren Rijiju, who took oath as Cabinet minister in the mega reshuffle, has been made the new Union Minister of Law in the Modi government 2.0.
Former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal was inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Cabinet on Wednesday.
As many as 43 leaders were inducted in the Modi government 2.0 mega expansion, took place on Wednesday. Check full list of newly inducted Cabinet Ministers and Minister of State.
John Barla is a Lok Sabha MP for Alipurduars in West Bengal and is serving his 1st term as a Member of Parliament (MP). He has worked tirelessly for the rights of tea garden workers, primarily in North Bengal and Assam for almost two decades.
16 months after joining BJP, the former Congress stalwart Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday took oath as minister in the Modi government 2.0. Scindia is among 43 leaders who are being inducted into the Modi government as part of cabinet expansion and reshuffle.
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.
Modi Cabinet Expansion: The Union Cabinet can have 81 members. At present, there are 53 ministers. There is a scope for adding 28 new faces.
Scindia, however, remained tight-lipped about speculations that he might be inducted in the Union cabinet during its expansion and said he had no information about the same.
The cabinet of the Modi government at the Center is about to expand. In such a situation, speculations have started being made about how much share JDU is going to get in the power of the Center.
Speculation is rife on a possible cabinet reshuffle in the Modi government. Watch exclusive report on probable names.
As many as 27 probables, including heavyweights Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sushil Modi, Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Bhupender Yadav could be part of the massive reshuffle of the Union Cabinet reportedly imminent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda met on Friday amid speculation about a reshuffle in the Union cabinet, an exercise Modi has not undertaken since forming the government for a second time in May 2019.
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