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Cabinet witnesses 19 new faces in major rejig

by IBNS 05 Jul 2016, 08:45 am

New Delhi, July 5 (IBNS): In the first ever cabinet reshuffle of the BJP-led NDA Government, 19 new faces were introduced after an exhaustive selection process.

The reshuffle came four days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the work done by his ministers in two years.

The new cabinet boasts of a journalist/editor in MJ Akbar, an advocate in PP Chaudhary, a former bureaucrat in Arjun Ram Meghwal, a surgeon in Subhash Bhamre and a writer and a conversationalist in Anil Madhav Dave. They all belong to the BJP.

The new list also consists of people from SC and ST background and have been chosen from states which will go into polls in the immediate future.

While Jaswantsinh Bhabhor and Faggan Singh Kulaste belong to Scheduled Tribe,  Ajay Tamta, Ramdas Athalwale, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Ramesh Jigajinagi and Krishna Raj represent the Scheduled Caste community.

The cabinet also boasts of two newly elected female members, Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal (BJP's ally in UP) and Krishna Raj.


List of  new ministers:

Ajay Tamta, Anil Madhav Dave, Anupriya Patel, CR Chaudhary, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Subhash Bhamre, Faggan Singh Kulaste, Jasvantsinh Bhabhor, Krishna Raj, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Mansukh L Mandaviya, MJ Akbar, PP Chaudhary, Purshottam Rupala, Rajen Gohain, SS Ahluwalia, Ramesh Jigajinagi, Ramdas Athawale and Vijay Goel.

Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar was the first to be sworn in. He has been promoted to cabinet rank.