Cabinet reshuffle this week, eye on coming polls, Covid control

Tuesday, 6 July 2021Newsdesk

More than two years after he returned to a second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to revamp his Council of Ministers, a move that is expected to take into consideration issues of governance during the pandemic and the imperatives of the upcoming state elections, sources said. While there is no official confirmation, the Cabinet reshuffle is likely to be held later this week in the run-up to Parliament’s monsoon session scheduled to begin July 19.

New Delhi, 06 July 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express,The reshuffle has been the subject of much speculation, especially after the Prime Minister last month launched an exercise of assessing the performance of key ministries. As part of that, he held a series of meetings with senior ministers and the party leadership last month. Many of these meetings were attended by BJP president J P Nadda. Party sources said the second wave of the pandemic, during which the government came in for vehement criticism for its alleged failure in managing the situation, will be as much a factor as the coming Assembly elections, especially in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh.

Source -The Indian Express