Modi Cabinet re-shuffle: 5 ministers resign, Gadkari likely to get Railways
Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy has resigned ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle. The resignation was submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The other ministers who resigned from their positions are Uma Bharti, Radhamohan Singh, Sanjeev Balyan and Giriraj Singh.
This move comes ahead of a possible Cabinet re-shuffle likely to be announced on September 2. Sources say that in the major reshuffle, Nitin Gadkari is likely to get Railways while Suresh Prabhu may be moved to the Environment ministry.
The new Cabinet is also likely to see the JD(U)'s Ram Chandra Prasad SIngh and Santosh Kushwaha being included. The other possibilities are Ananth Kumar getting Urban Development.
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
will
be
leaving
on
September
3
for
the
BRICS
summit
and
the
government
would
like
to
finish
the
formalities
before
his
trip.
Given
that
Pitru
Paksh,
considered
an
inauspicious
period,
will
run
between
September
6
and
September
19,
it
is
possible
that
the
much-awaited
exercise
was
carried
out
before
Modi
leaves
for
China.
Modi
last
expanded
his
team
in
July
2016
when
promoted
Prakash
Javadekar
to
the
cabinet
rank.
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