The resignations came before a major reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers by the Modi government and was accepted by President Ram Nath Kovind with immediate effect.
Narayane Rane’s promotion has been a long time coming. He joined BJP in 2017 and had then hoped to be a part of the Fadnavis govt, but Sena opposition blocked it.
Six Cabinet ministers, one Minister of State (Independent charge) and six other Ministers of State have tendered their resignation ahead of Modi govt reshuffle.
Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan chaired the GoM on Covid-19, but was missing at critical points, such as when cases in Delhi peaked, with Amit Shah stepping in to take action.
Ramesh Pokhriyal was inducted in the cabinet in 2019, a decision that surprised many at the time given that he had not held a Union cabinet position before.
Gangwar, who resigned from his post of Minister of State for Labour and Employment early this morning, said he was not aware what his new role in the government will be.
Govt said the Ministry of Cooperation will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country.
Kumar's aide, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, dismissed speculations about his tour being linked with the cabinet reshuffle and said the CM was going to Delhi to get medical treatment.
Four ministers, including a new inductee, had expressed dissatisfaction with the departments handed to them, and didn’t attend a cabinet meeting Thursday.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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