Manmohan Singh reshuffles cabinet ahead of 2014 general election
The Congress termed the reshuffle “Mission 2014” signifying it is ready to take on the Opposition for the 2014 elections.
Among the changes in ministerial portfolio are the appointments of Mallikarjun Kharge to the Railway Ministry.
Kharge was previously heading the Labour Ministry while the railways portfolio was headed by CP Joshi temporarily after Pawan Bansal was forced to exit after corruption allegations in May.
Of the nine ministerial appointments announced on Monday, Kharge was the only existing cabinet minister moving to another ministerial position while other ministries saw new appointments.
The reshuffle comes amid several vacancies created in the cabinet over resignations.
In addition to Bansal, ministers CP Joshi and Ajay Maken resigned over the weekend. Earlier, Ashwani Kumar also resigned from Law Ministry amid the coal-mining scandal.
In the reshuffle, Labour Ministry has been handed over to Sis Ram Ola after Kharge’s move. Girija Vyas has been appointed as the Housing, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation minister and K Sambasiva Rao as the Textile minister.
Congress party veteran Oscar Fernandes was given the Road and Highways Ministry
The reshuffle also saw Manik Rao Gavit’s appointment to Social Justice and Empowerment and Santosh Chowdhury’s appointment to Health and Family Welfare.
Ministry of State for Finance has been handed to JD Seelam and Ministry of State for Commerce and Industry handed to ENS Nachiappan.
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Manmohan Singh’s latest reshuffle is the second since October last year.
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