Harsh Vardhan: The Good Doctor Goes by Venu Gopal Narayanan - Jul 9, 2021 05:28 AM Former health minister Harsh Vardhan. Snapshot adieu, but only Pound to a penny, heâll be back in an executive role again before long. Dr Harsh Vardhan left the Union Health Ministry following a cabinet reshuffle on 7 July, as quietly as he arrived. It was a departure without fuss, remonstration, or coverage, exactly as is warranted by a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Yet it took many by surprise. Grapevines had been buzzing furiously from a week before, that a few big names would be dropped from the Narendra Modi cabinet. Raucous speculation centred primarily on Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar; although that turned out to be right, few thought that Harsh Vardhan too, would join the exit list.