PM Modi to hold meeting of council of ministers on Monday amid reshuffle buzz
The meeting is scheduled to take place at the newly renovated Pragati Maidan' convention centre, sources aware of developments said.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at the newly renovated Pragati Maidan' convention centre, sources aware of developments said.
In a major Cabinet reshuffle, Arjun Ram Meghwal has replaced Kiren Rijiju as the Union and Justice Minister, a communique from President's Secretariat said on Thursday.
The Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha, five-time MLA from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s home district of Ganjam, cited personal reasons for resigning from the post.
Leaders of some opposition parties like the AIADMK criticised the decision to bring the CM's son into the Cabinet and decried the attempt to perpetuate dynastic politics.
Sources hinted that the CM might herself hold the finance portfolio and there are strong indications that Mamata Banerjee's most trusted Chandrima Bhattacharya might be given the MoS rank in the finance department.
Several heavyweight ministers are resigning before the massive reshuffle of the Modi government this evening.
Meanwhile, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot has been appointed as Governor of Karnataka.
Twenty-four new faces are set to be inducted into the Modi government, the first big reshuffle of Modi 2.0.
“Portfolio distribution is also likely to be discussed in the meeting”, informed a party source for what would be the first reshuffle/expansion in the second term of the Narendra Modi government.
Modi's review of the works of his ministers, early next year assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab and the COVID-19 pandemic that has been a factor in the internal evaluation of the party's governance and organisational works are likely to weigh heavy in the expected reshuffle.
