In a major Cabinet reshuffle, 9 new ministers inducted into Prime minister's council of ministers.As six ministers resign voluntarily and two posts were vacant after the exit of Manohar Parrikar and Venkaiah Naidu and the death of Anil Madhav Dave.
The nine ministers inducted into the council of ministers are: Shiv Pratap Shukla (Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh), Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Lok Sabha MP from Buxar, Bihar), Virendra Kumar (Lok Sabha MP from Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh), Anant Kumar Dattatreya Hegde (Lok Sabha MP from Uttara Kannada), R K Singh (Lok Sabha MP from Arrah, Bihar), Hardeep Singh Puri (ex-diplomat), Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Lok Sabha MP from Jodhpur), Satya Pal Singh (Lok Sabha MP from Baghpat), and Alphons Kannanthanam (ex-bureaucrat).
Twitter reacts to this Cabinet reshuffle, Here are the top reactions:
They didn't even get invites (oath ceremony). One who leaves his people won't be taken in by others. It's Nitish Kumar's fate: Lalu Yadav pic.twitter.com/VjVLOLgWxa
— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2017
Congrats to all members of #TeamModi for new responsibility.Making our conuntry better is our common mission.#NewIndia #cabinetreshuffle
— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) September 3, 2017
This #cabinetreshuffle and the one before this were only BJP reshuffles not of NDA :Sanjay Raut,Shiv Sena pic.twitter.com/GqnflKUBOB
— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2017
Congratulations @PiyushGoyal ji @dpradhanbjp ji @nsitharaman ji @naqvimukhtar ji on becoming Union Ministers in @narendramodi ji's Cabinet !
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) September 3, 2017
The induction of proficient administrators from diverse backgrounds shall ensure overall progress. #Ministry4NewIndia
— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) September 3, 2017