Losers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet reshuffle
New Delhi, 4th Sept: Six ministers – Kalraj Mishra, Bandaru Dattatreya, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Faggan Singh Kulaste, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and Mahendra Nath Pandey – who were dropped from the Modi ministry ahead of the cabinet reshuffle are the biggest losers.“However, among the incumbent ministers, Suresh Prabhu seems to be the biggest loser. He lost his high profile railway ministry in the wake of a series of train accidents in the recent months. He gets commerce and industry ministry instead, which was held earlier by Nirmala Sitharaman as an MoS with independent charge till now.“Uma Bharati has also been a loser in the latest cabinet reshuffle. She lost the water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation which she held so far. Instead, she now gets drinking water and sanitation. According to sources, Uma Bharati had to be dropped in the original plan. However, she was retained at the last moment but her portfolios were reshuffled. This could be the reason why Uma Bharati did not attend today’s swearing-in ceremony. Instead, she said she had prior engagements. According to sources close to Uma Bharati, she had requested to be relieved of these ministries on health grounds. In any case, she is one leader in the Modi ministry to watch out for.“With Rajyavardhan Rathore getting independent charge of the youth affairs and sports ministries, Vijay Goel relinquished them. He also gave up the water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation ministries as an MoS. He does not hold the independent charge of any ministry. As a result, he will not have the privilege to sit in Cabinet meetings. He now gets parliamentary affairs and statistics and programme implementation as an MoS.
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