It's the 1st cabinet expansion since Congress came to power in Telangana in 2023. Several MLAs like Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy & Malreddy Ranga Reddy were vying for berths.
Meanwhile, Shinde-led Shiv Sena's Vijay Shivtare, who was said to be aspiring for a cabinet berth, slammed his party’s leadership saying 'your karyakartas are not your slaves'.
Pradhuman Singh TomarTulsiram Silawat, Pradhuman Singh Tomar & Govind Singh Rajput made it to list Monday. Of the 18 Scindia loyalists who contested this time, 10 won and eight lost
Of the 33 ministers in the state's previous Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, 12 lost in the elections, two did not get tickets and 19 emerged victorious.
Three first-time MLAs among the 9 ministers inducted Friday. Overall, 6 OBC faces, 3 STs, 1 SC and 2 general category ministers in Chhattisgarh expanded cabinet.
Induction of 3 faces in Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet is aimed at aimed at balancing caste dynamics & bolstering BJP tally in various regions.
Last cabinet expansion took place in July 2020 when 28 ministers, including a dozen Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalists, were inducted. Move comes at a time when polls are fast approaching.
MLAs have been given three deadlines since the last cabinet expansion in August. But there's no clarity on when the Shinde-led govt plans to fill 23 vacant cabinet berths.
Bihar BJP leaders who called the shots between 1995 and 2020 are increasingly being made irrelevant. In the cabinet expansion, two leaders were dropped, one was excluded.
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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