Ravi Shankar Prasad was Legislation & Electronics and IT Minister and Prakash Javadekar was Atmosphere Minister.
New Delhi:
Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar resigned at present, including to the checklist of high-profile casualties of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cupboard reshuffle at a time the federal government has been preventing criticism over its dealing with of Covid, the financial turmoil and its feud with international social media giants.
Ravi Shankar Prasad was Minister for Legislation and Electronics and IT and had recently been locked in a bitter row with Twitter over new IT guidelines. Final month, he was even briefly locked out of his Twitter account.
Atmosphere Minister Prakash Javadekar’s resignation can be a giant shock as a result of he was the federal government’s spokesperson and had for years formed the narrative to be offered to the media.
Prakash Javadekar, Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad on the oath-taking ceremony.
Earlier at present, Well being Minister Harsh Vardhan additionally give up, alongside together with his deputy Ashwani Chaube. The resignations had been considered as an admission of the federal government’s mishandling of the Covid disaster. Sources near Dr Harsh Vardhan stated he had paid the political worth for the federal government’s struggles to deal with the lethal second surge of infections.
The others to exit in at present’s authorities reboot embrace DV Sadananda Gowda, Thawarchand Gehlot (he was named Governor), Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Babul Supriyo, Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao, Rattan Lal Kataria and Pratap Chandra Sarangi.
Thirty-six new ministers are becoming a member of the federal government and 7 have been promoted.
There are unlikely to be any modifications to the Huge 4 — Finance, Overseas Affairs, House and Defence.
Earlier than saying his first cupboard reshuffle since profitable a second time period in 2019, PM Modi consulted high BJP leaders and likewise carried out an in depth efficiency evaluate of ministries.