Modi, Shah playing 'dirty politics': Shiv Sena on cabinet reshuffle

Thackeray had earlier said his party was not even informed about the cabinet reshuffle.

Questioning that urgency shown by the BJP-led government at the Centre for the cabinet reshuffle, the Shiv Sena, in its mouthpiece Saamna, has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah of playing 'dirty politics'.

Even a day before the cabinet reshuffle, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray had said his party was not informed about the cabinet reshuffle, adding that he came to know about it only through media.

"This Cabinet reshuffle was not just planned by Prime Minister Modi, but also the saffron party president Amit Shah as terming the last one before the General Elections of 2019. By doing this, they both are only playing their dirty politics in the system, which is so not accepted. The Cabinet can have a large number of people, but we will judge the Cabinet on its performance," ANI quoted a Saamna article as saying.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inducted nine new members to his Council of Ministers on Sunday.

Arun Jaitley would continue to handle the key portfolio of finance while Power minister Piyush Goyal was on Sunday given the charge of the railway ministry.

Gadkari, who has handled Surface Transport was given additional charge of Water Resources and more specifically Ganga Rejuvenation. Smriti Irani will hold full charge of Information and Broadcasting along with Textiles.

The Modi Cabinet now has nine new ministers and four others have been given Cabinet berth. Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi have been given Cabinet rank.

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