Modi Cabinet Reshuffle: Thakur, Irani and Munda Among 37 Ministers Dropped

Modi Cabinet Reshuffle: Thakur, Irani and Munda Among 37 Ministers Dropped

New Delhi, July 6, 2021: In a major Cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dropped 37 ministers, including high-profile names like former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar.

Key Ministers Dropped:

Ananth Kumar – Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Smriti Irani – Textile Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad – Law Minister
Piyush Goyal – Commerce Minister
Manohar Parrikar – Defence Minister
Virendra Munda – Tribal Affairs Minister

New Ministers Inducted:

Nirmala Sitharaman – Finance Minister
Rajnath Singh – Defence Minister
Amit Shah – Home Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar – Agriculture Minister
Nitin Gadkari – Road Transport and Highways Minister

The reshuffle was seen as a move to strengthen the government’s performance ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The induction of new faces, such as Sitharaman and Gadkari, is expected to bring fresh perspectives and expertise to the Cabinet.

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Modi Cabinet Reshuffle
37 Ministers Dropped
Arun Jaitley
Harsh Vardhan
Prakash Javadekar
Ananth Kumar
Smriti Irani
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Piyush Goyal
Manohar Parrikar
Virendra Munda
Nirmala Sitharaman
Rajnath Singh
Amit Shah
Narendra Singh Tomar
Nitin Gadkari