Before Modi cabinet reshuffle, channels were delighted by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s speech. But Stan Swamy, Supreme Court's remark, or CBSE's new system were virtually missing.
Other key elevations include Anurag Thakur with I&B, Jyotiraditya Scindia with civil aviation and Kiren Rijiju with law. A surprise first-time inductee is Ashwini Vaishnaw who got 3 key ministries — railways, IT & communications.
Among the latest changes, Jyotiraditya Scindia gets civil aviation portfolio, Dharmendra Pradhan given education, and Mansukh Mandaviya gets health ministry.
There are now 14 ministers below 50 in Modi govt, as opposed to 6 in the pre-reshuffle council. A total of 36 ministers are aged below 60, in comparison to 16 earlier.
Four MPs inducted in Council of Ministers indicate BJP made careful political considerations to ensure support from the communities when the country votes in the next Lok Sabha polls.
The massive reshuffle of Team Modi saw several heavyweight ministers being dropped. New faces emphasise a mix of caste, youth, women and representation from poll-bound states.
Total number of women in Council of Ministers now stands at 11, nearly double the figure inducted when Modi govt was sworn in for the second term in 2019.
The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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