Cabinet Expansion: The Union Cabinet, which can have 81 members, currently has 52 ministers.
Highlights
Many ministers of state will be promoted.
More allies will join the government in this round.
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and 12 other ministers quit today ahead of PM Modi s cabinet reshuffle, the first in his second term. 43 ministers will be sworn in as part of the reset in which many ministers of state will also be promoted.
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Besides Harsh Vardhan, junior Health Minister Ashwini Choube, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Babul Supriyo, Sadananda Gowda and Santosh Gangwar have also resigned ahead of the cabinet reshuffle.
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