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Union Cabinet Expansion: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan resigns

By FPJ Web Desk

The Union Cabinet expansion will take place at 6pm

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan resigns

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Mansukh Mandviya and Power Minister R K Singh may also be promoted

Governor-designate of Karnataka, Thaawarchand Gehlot, submitted his resignation from the membership of Rajya Sabha, to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu. The Chairman accepted his resignation

Minister of State Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Raosaheb Dadarao Danve and Sanjay Dhotre, minister of state for education, communications and electronics and information technology also resign

PM Modi's first message to Cabinet hopefuls: Speak less to media

43 ministers, new and old, to take oath today

Labour minister Santosh Gangwar, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Sadanand Gowda, MoS Woman & Child Development Debasree Chaudhuri resign

Four former chief ministers,18 ex-state ministers, 23 experienced MPs and 39 ex-MLAs to be in Union Cabinet. 

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank resigns from the Cabinet, allegedly on health grounds

Meeting on Cabinet expansion ends at PM Modi's residence

List of leaders at PM's residence: Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal, Bhupender Yadav, Anurag Thakur,  Meenakshi Lekhi, Anupriya Patel, Ajay Bhatt, Shobha Karandjale, Sunita Dugga, Bharati Pawar, Santanu Thakur, Narayan Rane, Kapil Patil, Pashupati Paras, RCP Singh, G Krishan Reddy, Parshottam Rupala

G Kishan Reddy, Anurag Thakur set for elevation as they reach PM's residence.

Former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane, Nandurbar MP Heena Gavit ,Pritam Munde, Lok Sabha MP from Beed and Kapil Patil, Lok Sabha MP from Bhiwandi, Maharashtra among the list of inclusions.

The new cabinet will have 8 ST, 12 SC, 27 OBC ministers 4 from Maha 1 Muslim, 1 Christian, 1 Sikh, 1 Buddhist and   11 women ministers. Average age of Council is 58 years

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