New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet now has 36 new faces and India’s youngest cabinet. While the reshuffle surprised many, the most shocking developments were the resignations of 12 cabinet ministers on Wednesday ahead of the release of the new list of ministers.
Some big names like Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar and Dr. Harsh Vardhan came out in the resignations. As many wondered what it took for PM Modi to ask him to resign, sources revealed that it was all a call from BJP President JP Nadda.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi was discussing his maiden cabinet reshuffle for the Modi 2.0 government on Wednesday, the BJP president was tasked with summoning 11 ministers. Joe Nadda sat down and dialed each of them asking them to put down their papers as PM Modi is expanding his cabinet.
Sources further revealed that there was not much question of ‘why’ by the ministers and as soon as Nadda asked them Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar tendered their resignations.
Similarly, others also went ahead and resigned. Sources said the then Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal typed the 3-page resignation and listed all the work done by the ministry, citing health reasons for stepping down.
President Ram Nath Kovind received and accepted the resignations of Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, DV Sadananda Gowda, Santosh Gangwar, Sanjay Dhotre, Debashree Chowdhury, Ratan Lal Kataria, Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Babul Supriyo. ..
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot resigned on Tuesday after being made the Governor of Karnataka.
In all, six cabinet ministers, one minister of state (independent charge) and five ministers of state have resigned.
Whether these ministers will be assigned any other important role is still unknown, but according to ABP sources, speculations are rife about their political future. There is a possibility that some of them may be assigned other responsibilities within the framework of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). There is a possibility that ostracized leaders including Prasad, Dr Harsh Vardhan and Javadekar may be given an important role in the parliamentary board of the BJP.
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