Scindia resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP in 2020, triggering a chain of events that led to the collapse of the Kamal Nath govt just 15 months after its formation.
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.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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