NDA Govt led by Narendra Modi's Cabinet Re-shuffle Tuesday July 05,2016

The list of new ministers has an advocate in PP Chaudhary (BJP), a surgeon, Subhash Bhamre (BJP), an editor, MJ Akbar (BJP), former bureaucrat Arjun Ram Meghwal and a writer and conservationist Anil Madhav Dave (BJP).

19 MPs joined the government in the second expansion and reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in little over two years since he took over in May 2014

 

Among the newly inducted ministers, CR Chaudhary is the oldest at 68-years-old.

The youngest is Anupriya Patel from Uttar Pradesh, who is just 35-years-old.

10 of the new ministers are in their 60's, four in their 50's, another four in their 40's, and only one minister in her 30's.

Only two of the 19 new ministers are women

The average age of the new group is 57 years

The list also reveals a careful balance of caste, social and regional considerations. Two leaders - Jaswantsinh Bhabhor (BJP) and Faggan Singh Kulaste (BJP) - belong to Scheduled Tribes and five to Scheduled Castes -- Ajay Tamta (BJP), Ramdas Athalwale (RPI), Arjun Ram Meghwal (BJP), Ramesh Jigajinagi (BJP) and Krishna Raj (BJP).

There are two minority leaders - MJ Akbar and SS Ahluwalia (BJP) - and two women -- Anupriya Singh Patel (Apna Dal) and Krishna Raj.

The ministers come from 10 states - Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Assam.

Three are from Uttar Pradesh, where elections will be held in early 2017 -- Anupriya Singh Patel, MN Pandey and Krishna Raj - and three from Gujarat, where elections are due later next year.

The list of new ministers reveals a mix of professional expertise. While P P Chaudhary (BJP) is a senior Supreme Court advocate with over four decades of experience in constitutional litigation, Subhash Ram Rao Bhamre (BJP) is a well-known doctor with a super specialisation in cancer surgery and MJ Akbar (BJP) is a well-known journalist turned politician.

Arjun Ram Meghwal is a former bureaucrat from Rajasthan and Anil Madhav Dave is a published author and environmental activist.

Faggan Singh Kulaste and Vijay Goel have been central ministers, while Ramesh Jigajinagi, Purshotam Rupala, Jasvantsinh Bhabhor and Mahendra Nath Pandey have served as senior ministers in their states. They are all BJP leaders.

There is also fresh, young talent in Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel(35)and the BJP's Mansukh Mandaviya (BJP), who has worked in the agriculture sector in Gujarat.

The ruling BJP has kept its eye firmly on states where elections will be held and three new ministers are being inducted from UP, three from Gujarat and one, Ajay Tamta, from Uttarakhand - all states where elections will be held next year.

The expansion also focuses on more representation for backward castes and Dalits

Four of the ministers are Dalits, three are tribals and three are OBCs. There are also on each from the Brahmin and Jat communities. SS Ahluwalia is a Sikh and MJ Akbar is a Muslim

Anupriya Patel is a leader of the Kurmi caste. Mr Bhabhor and Mr Kulaste are members of Scheduled Tribes, while Mr Tamta, Ramdas Athalwale, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi and Krishna Raj, a BJP leader from UP, are members of Scheduled Castes.

Anupriya Patel, an Eloquent Pro-Modi Voice With OBC Roots

Anupriya Patel, a first time MP, is an eloquent pro-Modi voice within and outside the Lok Sabha whose OBC roots have positioned her as an important BJP ally in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.The 35-year-old Lok Sabha member from Mirzapur in UP won on the ticket of Apna Dal, a party founded by her father and Kurmi leader Sonelal Patel which later split, with the major faction siding with her mother, who expelled her from the party.
The support of BJP, Patel's associates say, can help her claim the legacy of her father who built Apna Dal's base among OBCs, primarily his fellow castemen Kurmis.
Her inclusion in the Union Council of Ministers is apparently aimed at consolidating backward votes in poll bound UP, especially eastern parts of the state where another tall Kurmi leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been trying to make a foray ahead of the 2017 Assembly polls.
A Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, pass out, she was elected an MLA in 2012 and then entered the Lok Sabha two years later.
Anupriya also has Master's degrees in Psychology and Business Administration.

First Time BJP MP Krishna Raj Gets a Berth in Modi Cabinet

 

Krishna Raj is a first time BJP MP and one of the party's Dalit faces from Uttar Pradesh.

The 49-year-old had been a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1996 and 2007 from Mohamadi.
She was elected in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Shahjahanpur seat.A post-graduate, she is active in the Lok Sabha and has participated in 50 debates on a variety of issues, including on water preservation, safety of women and Supreme Court's decision on ban of diesel taxis in Delhi


Prakash Javadekar, the lone minister to be promoted to Cabinet rank on Tuesday, said he will "dutifully" discharge the responsibility given to him

Javadekar held independent charge of the Environment Ministry while other MPs took oath as Ministers of State.
An MP from Maharashtra, SR Bhamre, who joined the Council of Ministers, said what could not be achieved in 60 years was done in the last two years by the Modi government,the only target of which is Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas.

  5 MOS Dropped

5 ministers of state were dropped after they were rated as “underperformer” in different assessment done by the prime minister himself. Among those shown the door are Prof Ram Shankar Katheria (HRD), Mansukh Bhai Vasava (Tribal Affairs), Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya (Agriculture), Nihalchand (Panchayati Raj) and Sanwar Lal Jat (Water Resources)

MK Kundariya

Loses MoS Agriculture: He succumbed to BJP’s political need to accommodate bigger names from the politically important Patel community: Parshottam Rupala and Mansukh Mandaviya

Ram Shankar Katheria

Loses HRD: Emerging Dalit face in UP, is regarded well in RSS. Likely to get a party role ahead of state polls. Krishna Raj’s induction ensures that representation of UP’s Dalits in the government does not suffer.

Mansukhbhai D Vasva

Loses MoS Tribal Affairs: He failed to graduate to his ministerial role, and had been critical of Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel. Also, Jaswantsinh Bhabhor is regarded a better representative of tribals.

Sanwar Lal Jat

Loses MoS Water Resources: Leadership disappointed with him. He had to make way for Chhotu Ram Chaudhary, an influential figure from the same community.

Nihalchand Meghwal

Loses MoS Chemicals and Fertilizers: Failed to meet party’s expectations despite the leadership standing by him when opponents sought his removal citing rape claims.

 

How states are represented in the cabinet post the reshuffle

In the biggest shakeup of the NDA govt since it assumed office, PM Modi has inducted 19 new ministers of state with an eye on the upcoming polls and performance of incumbent mantris. 

This is how different states are represented in his cabinet now.