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Ahead of the reshuffle scheduled on Wednesday evening, at least twelve ministers from the Council of Ministers have resigned. This include four senior Cabinet members.
Cabinet rejig imminent; hopefuls head to Delhi
Leader of BJP in Rajya Sabha and Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot resigned from the Cabinet and Rajya Sabha. He is being appointed as Governor of Karnataka.
Union Health Minister Harshavardhan has also resigned along with Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Minister for chemical and fertilizers Sadananda Gowda has also resigned.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour Santosh Gangwar, MoS for Human Resources Development Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre and MoS Woman and Child Development Debasree Chaudhuri, MoS Social Justice Rattan Lal Kataria, MoS MSMEs Pratap Chandra Sarangi, MOS Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey, MoS Education Babul Supriyo and MoS Consumer Affairs Raosaheb Dadarao Danve have also resigned during the day. Gangwar was apparently looking for an elevation with Cabinet rank.
About a dozen BJP MPs and senior leaders of NDA allies such as JD(U), LJP and Apna Dal reached the residence to hold discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday ahead of the reshuffle of Cabinet scheduled at 6 pm.
BJP top leaders such as Amit Shah and JP Nadda also reached the Prime Minister's residence. More than 40 ministers are likely to be sworn in the evening.
BJP general secretary and senior MP Bhupender Yadav, former Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal, MP in Rajya Sabha and former minister in Manmohan Singh Cabinet Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane, industrialist and politician Rajeev Chandrasekhar also met Modi at his residence apparently after a direction from the Prime Minister's Office.
Union Cabinet, CCEA meetings cancelled
JD (U) leader in Rajya Sabha RCP Singh and the new president of LJP Pashupati Nath Paras, brother of the party's founder Ram Vilas Paswan have also interacted with the PM. The names of Bhiwandi MP Kapil Patil, Apna Dal leader Anupriya Patel and MP from Uttarakhand Ajay Bhatt are also going rounds as they also came to meet Modi.
Ministers of State Anurag Thakur, Purshottam Rupala, Hardeep Puri, Mansukh Mandavia and G Kishen Reddy were also in the Lok Kalyan Marg expecting an elevation. BJP MPs Meenakshi Lekhi, Shobha Karadlaje, Pritam Munde and Santanu Thakur were also present in the meeting with Modi.
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