These are the 5 ministers who were dropped from Modi’s Cabinet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet got 19 new faces in a reshuffle and five junior ministers were dropped. With this new mathematics, the strength of Modi’s council of ministers, including him, is now 83.

With one eye on Uttar Pradesh polls in 2017, the induction of 19 new faces in the junior ranks was done on the basis of 3Es-Experience, Expertise and Energy also.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going aggressive and doing anything it can to win the power of seat in UP by playing caste card.

In the re-shuffle, three ministers from UP were included in the council-Chandauli MP Mahendra Pandey (Brahmin), Shahjahanpur MP Krishna Raj (Dalit) and Apna Dal MP from Mirzapur Anupriya Patel (Kurmi-OBC).

This time, Modi focussed on doers and performers, who can deliver on his vision of development and good governance.

Apart from getting first time MPs on board, five junior ministers were dropped.

Apparently, they did not deliver on Modi’s vision, and also because the party wants young faces in the council too. Some were even surprised to see their names in the axed list.

Here are their names and portfolios they were handling


(Images: Indiatimes, Lok Sabha)