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Government’s Covid-19 man- The resignation is seen by appraisal of his Ministers and objectives. and Gujarat has five repre- Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” The others axed a couple agement and Covid-19 vacci- the Government’s critics as an resetting Government’s profile Despite the slogans of sentations in the council of and eight other Ministers — of hours before the oath-tak- nation policy, but it did not admission that the pandemic post-Covid-19 for the next “sabka sath sabka vikash,” the Ministers. Karnataka is up by Prime Minister Narendra ing ceremony of new induc- help Union Health Minister could have been managed well three-year term, the Prime Cabinet reshuffle has been four Ministers which includes Modi has sent clear signal tions, were Chemicals and Harsh Vardhan, also known as by the Government. Minister Narendra Modi on based on caste consideration at Chief Minister B S that performance and percep- Fertilisers Minister DV the “good doctor” to save his While Opposition political Wednesday surprised many every level.The mega-reshuf- Yediyurappa’s close associate tion were equally important Sadananda Gowda, Labour position in the Cabinet. parties said he was made scape- by dropping 12 Ministers, fle witnessed an obvious Shobha Karndlaje, a repre- for anyone to remain part of % Minister Santosh Gangwar, On Wednesday, he paid goat for overall failure of the including many heavy weights, Other backward caste (OBC) sentative of influential his set up. Minister of State for Education the price for India’s under pre- Modi Government’s handling and inducting several new bias in the new Modi-Cabinet Vokaliga community and Three of the four Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of paredness to meet the second in the pandemic which left faces balancing caste and with the induction of as many Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Rajya Ministers — except Nishank State for Women and Child Covid surge. While few could over three crore infected and regional aspirations. as 27 OBC Ministers prompt- Sabha member) and Harward — had one thing in common: Development Debasree absolve him of the overall fail- over 4 lakhs dead. The PM’s new Cabinet ing a pun “abki baar OBC educated businessman from They were responsible for cre- ! # " Chaudhuri, Minister of State ure of the Government in tack- After quitting, former has few known BJP old-timers, sarkar”.The inclusion of so the State . ating a very negative percep- " for Jal Shakti Rattan Lal ing the pandemic, many will Health Minister Dr Vardhan and looks far different from many OBCs is an attempt of West Bengal gets four tion of India in the foreign Kataria and Minister of State wonder why he was singled out found Congress leaders sup- the one that Modi led in 2014. Modi to shift base of the BJP Ministers with dominant media. Ravi Shankar Prasad Vardhan’s has been made a for Environment Babul when the PMO and Niti Ayog porting him as Jairam Ramesh In a way the removal of as from dominant upper caste to Matua community in West seemed to have gone on a per- “scapegoat” saga, but the fact Supriyo who took to social were equally involved in deal- said “the good man” has been many as six heavy weight backward communities. Bengal gets significant pres- sonal ego trip in trying to dis- remains that he did leave India media sharing his resignation ing with Covid-19 manage- made the scapegoat. Cabinet Ministers including There are 12 SC and eight ence.Before the President Ram cipline the social media, while underprepared to deal with the with a mention “asked to ment. Ramesh took to Twitter Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Tribal inclusions too in the Nath Kovind sworn-in 43 Javadekar failed as second Ciovid-19 wave, invit- resign”. Social Justice and His sacking from the and said he has been made a Javadekar, Harsh Vardhan, “new look” Modi Cabinet. Ministers here at “Darbar hall’, Information and Broadcasting ing outrage across the globe Empowerment Minister Cabinet has come as a surprise scapegoat for “monumental Labour Minister Santosh North-East received a big which included BJP Vice-pres- Minister to reach out to the .Similarly, Labour Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot had to many as Modi had praised failures at the highest level -- Gangwar and Education dose with about half a dozen ident Jyotiraditya Scindia, for- international press in way the Santosh Gangwar also resigned two days earlier but the Health Ministry on various nowhere else”. The Congress Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal entries from mer Assam Chief Minister Prime Minister would have presided over a Ministry then he was made Governor of forums for its quick decisions leader also said the former Nishank is also a candid the region Sarbananda Sonowal, and desired. To many Harsh which failed miserably in tack- Karnataka on Tuesday. regarding the management of Health Minister is a good man. admission by the Prime with Modi former Maharashtra deputy- Minister that several of his continu- Chief Minister and ex-Shiv Cabinet colleagues failed to ing his Sena Narayan Rane, execute his mission on the “look- announcement came that 12 ground. east” pol- Union Ministers have been + - * ) ! ),.# + The Prime Minister has asked to resign. As expected, Civil Aviation K # ,-) # ! # Ministry went to Jyotiraditya " rime Minister Narendra Scidia and Railways to former K K ! K K ! K Modi did not make any IAS officer Ashwini Vaishanaw, P " " + ! ( " ' ! change in the important Home, who also got IT and ' ! ("%# # # K ! K Defence, Finance, External Communications. 6 7 %" # )# ." K .# )* %" # Affairs, Commerce, and In a clear rebuff to the agi- + ( #' ("%# K K K Transport Ministries, but port- tating farmers, the PM retained 0 ( ! " )*## K "# ." K " folios of several other ministers Agriculture Minister Narendra # # K K were changed and pruned to Singh Tomar. ) " K ( / ( ! ' # accommodate the new Anurag Thakur, who was ## # " "#" K K %# "% entrants. elevated to the Cabinet rank, ## # ## ! # (# # # K "#" Mansukh Mandaviya from got charge of Information and + K + " # Prime Minister’s home State Broadcasting and Sports & K ( # " "# Gujarat on Wednesday Youth Affairs Ministries, while ❝ "# ## ## " # K K ) # 0 " * replaced Dr Harsh Vardhan as Dharmendra Pradhan was +' )## -% K % # " 3 K ! K Union Health Minister. He allotted Education and Skill + " ## " * "# # %# # ! K also got Chemicals and Development ministries. 2 # %"# K K " # !# # Fertilizers Ministry vacated by Kiren Rijiju is the new " 3 4050 # (' ) # # ," ) the exit of Sadanand Gowda. Law and Justice Minister. # O #%&"' ( !" P a significant TPR over the last #$%&' increasing the total tally to week.The Union Health ! 9,29,788. A total of 74,468 sam- 2-2) Secretary’s letter stated that ) ples had been tested in the last although the cases have shown () 24 hours and the test positivity hree districts in the State continuous decline since past ! ( ' rate (TPR) was 3.4 per cent. Out Tstill report high positivity four weeks in Odisha, five dis- 2-2) $"#* of the new cases reported from rate (TPR) over the last week, tricts, Khordha, Cuttack, the 30 districts and the State pool, for which Central Government Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and he National Human Rights 2-2) 1,495 were from quarantine and has expressed its concern. The Baleswar, have reported an TCommission (NHRC) has 1,107 local contacts. districts of Baleswar, increase in the week ending on directed the Odisha Chief he State on Wednesday reg- Khordha district reported Dhenkanal and Nuapada have July 4 as compared to previous Secretary to pay Rs 1-lakh Tistered the highest single-day the day’s highest 529 cases fol- registered a weekly positivity week.The Union Ministry also compensation to a victim of number of 59 deaths in last 24 lowed by Cuttack 397, Jajpur 183, rate of more than 10per cent for expressed its concern over the medical negligence whose uri- hours, with which the total toll Puri 174, Baleswar 164 and week ending on July 4. “It is a increase in the number Covid nary bladder was cut while of a woman, Kalia Barad, of surged to 4,358.The maximum