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Hline shielding the Modi led technology and earth sciences. of his Ministers and resetting “sabka sath sabka vikash,” the tations in the council of Javadekar, Harsh Vardhan, " The others axed a couple of Government’s Covid-19 man- The resignation is seen by Government’s profile post- Cabinet reshuffle has been Ministers. Karnataka is up by Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” ! # hours before the oath-taking agement and Covid-19 vacci- the Government’s critics as an Covid-19 for the next three- based on caste consideration at four Ministers which includes and eight other Ministers — ceremony of new inductions, nation policy, but it did not admission that the pandemic year term, the Prime Minister every level. Chief Minister B S Prime Minister Narendra Modi were Chemicals and Fertilisers help Union Health Minister could have been managed well Narendra Modi on Wednesday The mega-reshuffle wit- Yediyurappa’s close associate has sent clear signal that per- Minister DV Sadananda Harsh Vardhan, also known as by the Government. surprised many by dropping 12 nessed an obvious Other back- Shobha Karndlaje, a represen- formance and perception were Gowda, Labour Minister the “good doctor” to save his While Opposition political Ministers, including many ward caste (OBC) bias in the tative of influential Vokaliga equally important for anyone to Santosh Gangwar, Minister of position in the Cabinet. parties said he was made scape- heavy weights, and inducting new Modi-Cabinet with the community and Rajeev remain part of his set up. ( $ State for Education Sanjay On Wednesday, he paid the goat for overall failure of the several new faces balancing induction of as many as 27 Chandrasekhar (Rajya Sabha Three of the four Ministers Dhotre, Minister of State for price for India’s under pre- Modi Government’s handling caste and regional aspirations. OBC Ministers prompting a member) and Harward edu- — except Nishank — had one Women and Child paredness to meet the second in the pandemic which left over The PM’s new Cabinet has pun “abki baar OBC sarkar”. cated businessman from the thing in common: They were Development Debasree Covid surge. While few could three crore infected and over 4 few known BJP old-timers, The inclusion of so many State . responsible for creating a very Chaudhuri, Minister of State absolve him of the overall fail- lakhs dead. After quitting, for- and looks far different from the OBCs is an attempt of Modi to West Bengal gets four negative perception of India in & ' for Jal Shakti Rattan Lal Kataria ure of the Government in tack- mer Health Minister Dr one that Modi led in 2014. shift base of the BJP from Ministers with dominant the foreign media. Ravi and Minister of State for ing the pandemic, many will Vardhan found Congress lead- In a way the removal of as dominant upper caste to back- Matua community in West Shankar Prasad seemed to have Environment Babul Supriyo wonder why he was singled out ers supporting him as Jairam many as six heavy weight ward communities. Bengal gets significant pres- gone on a personal ego trip in saga, but the fact remains that who took to social media shar- when the PMO and Niti Ayog Ramesh said “the good man” Cabinet Ministers including There are 12 SC and eight ence. trying to discipline the social he did leave India underpre- ing his resignation with a men- were equally involved in deal- has been made the scapegoat. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Tribal inclusions too in the Before the President Ram media, while Javadekar failed as pared to deal with the second tion “asked to resign”. ing with Covid-19 manage- Ramesh took to Twitter Javadekar, Harsh Vardhan, “new look” Modi Cabinet. Nath Kovind sworn-in 43 Information and Broadcasting Ciovid-19 wave, inviting out- Social Justice and ment. and said he has been made a Labour Minister Santosh North-East received a big Ministers here at “Darbar hall’, Minister to reach out to the rage across the globe . Empowerment Minister His sacking from the scapegoat for “monumental Gangwar and Education dose with about half a dozen which included BJP Vice-pres- international press in way the Similarly, Labour Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot had Cabinet has come as a surprise failures at the highest level -- Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal entries from the region with ident Jyotiraditya Scindia, for- Prime Minister would have Santosh Gangwar also presided resigned two days earlier but to many as Modi had praised nowhere else”. The Congress Nishank is also a candid admis- Modi continuing his “look- mer Assam Chief Minister desired. over a Ministry which failed then he was made Governor of the Health Ministry on various leader also said the former sion by the Prime Minister that east” policy in Sarbananda Sonowal, and for- To many Harsh Vardhan’s miserably in tacking both the Karnataka on Tuesday. forums for its quick decisions Health Minister is a good man. several of his Cabinet col- his second mer Maharashtra deputy-Chief has been made a “scapegoat” migrant crisis and unemploy- Continued on Page 11 regarding the management of Continued on Page 11 leagues failed to execute his inning at Minister and ex-Shiv Sena mission on the ground. the centre. Narayan Rane, announcement The Prime Minister has Poll- came that 12 Union Ministers clearly indicated that no one going have been asked to resign. was indispensable in his Uttar Continued on Page 11 , ." & -/' , scheme of things, and he could 12 234$ As expected, Civil Aviation Ministry went to Jyotiraditya #* K ; 6>)#4 $ 8 < rime Minister Narendra Scidia and Railways to former K4 % % K9 () K K %) K Modi did not make any IAS officer Ashwini Vaishanaw, P 6 ;9 $ ;9 * 6 < $ 2 !< change in the important Home, who also got IT and 6 !< 9 9 ; K+ ) K Defence, Finance, External Communications. D 8 4 ; 8 # ? K?# 3 2 Affairs, Commerce, and In a clear rebuff to the agi- * ! K K 2 K % Transport Ministries, but port- tating farmers, the PM retained @ < ;9 2 ; # K+ 3 ? K4$ folios of several other ministers Agriculture Minister Narendra 6 2 6 ; K K were changed and pruned to Singh Tomar. # ; 2 K +, ; 1 < !6 accommodate the new Anurag Thakur, who was 6 6 K % % K + 2 4 entrants. elevated to the Cabinet rank, 6 < 6 ;9; 9 6 % K9; Mansukh Mandaviya from got charge of Information and * K * 8 ; Prime Minister’s home State Broadcasting and Sports & K 1 Gujarat on Wednesday Youth Affairs Ministries, while ❝ $ 2 6 % K K# @; 4 12 + replaced Dr Harsh Vardhan as Dharmendra Pradhan was * !# ) 6 K K ) K Union Health Minister. He allotted Education and Skill * 2 $ 8 6 + ; ) % K also got Chemicals and Development ministries. 5 ; ' K K 9 ; 4 < ; Fertilizers Ministry vacated by Kiren Rijiju is the new $ B@C@ 9 !# 2 9 >6 # the exit of Sadanand Gowda. Law and Justice Minister. % R& ! an elevation in his rank and *)*56$ rewarded by Prime Minister (73(686 They have been replaced 3)9(17 was sworn in as Cabinet Narendra Modi, when the lat- by Nisith Pramanik, John Barla Minister. He was earlier here could not have been ter inducted him into the 12 234$ tional front, from Harvard and ven as the critics called it an — both from north Bengal — ttar Pradesh got the best Minister of State in the Urban Tmore befitting rehabilita- Union Cabinet ahead of anoth- Stanford University to Eattempt to lock the stable and Subhas Sarkar and Udeal in Prime Minister Development ministry. tion for Narayan Rane — who er former Chief Minister n line with the BJP’s efforts Sampurnanand Sanskrit door after the horse has bolt- Shantanu Thakur from the Narendra Modi’s Cabinet In selecting new entrants, has had a long Devendra Fadnavis, Ito promote the youth, the University, newly inducted ed, the BJP Government on southern part of the State. expansion as seven new the Prime Minister has ensured journey in poli- who may now have average age of the newly-sworn Ministers are well qualified. Wednesday inducted four Thakur’s induction is seen as an Ministers were inducted in the that the “active” castes, having tics from being a no alternative but to in 43 Ministers is 56 years while Gwalior MP Jyotiraditya Ministers from Bengal — drop- attempt to placate the numer- Union Cabinet on Wednesday high representation in popula- Shiv Sainik and helm the party the average age of the new Scindia (50) has an MBA ping two sitting ones — two ically overwhelming Matua with an aim to fix the caste and tion, could get representation later a Sena Chief affairs in the State till Council of Ministers is 58 degree from Stanford months after the party suffered community.