PM modi expanded and resuffled his Cabinet

Category : Politics & Social | Sub Category : Politics Posted on 2021-07-07 18:10:42

Thirty-six new ministers joined the government and four high-profile ministers quit today in Prime Minister Narendra Modi mega cabinet reboot to offset criticism as the country emerges from a fierce second wave of Covid ahead of key elections.

PM Modi now has 77 ministers, nearly half of them new. Anurag Thakur and Hardeep Puri are among 15 new cabinet ministers.

Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Narayan Rane, Bhupender Yadav and Ashwini Vaishnaw were also sworn in as cabinet ministers.

But the exits of IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar stood out on a day resignations made bigger news than new ministers.