New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Sharad Yadav on Sunday said that today's mega Union Cabinet reshuffle would not make any difference unless the promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in 2014, are fulfilled.
Yadav further took a dig at Prime Minister's "ache din" and said that the unemployment, farmer suicides and underdevelopment still persist in the country.
"I congratulate those who have been inducted in the Cabinet, but the reshuffle will not make a difference unless the promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in 2014, are fulfilled. Unemployment, farmer suicides and underdevelopment still persist. The 'achhe din' haven't come yet," he told ANI.
Sharad Yadav has led an open war against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after another Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) leader, Nitish Kumar, severed ties with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress, only to join hands with the saffron party to form a government in Bihar and be sworn-in as the Chief Minister for the sixth time.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Piyush Goyal has been given the charge of Railway Ministry, post the mega Cabinet rejig on Sunday morning.
Nirmala Sitharaman has been assigned the charge of the Defence Ministry, becoming only the second woman to hold the post since late Indira Gandhi.
Dharmendra Pradhan has been promoted to the Cabinet rank of Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, has been now made the Minister of Minority Affairs.
Other ministers who are handed over bigger responsibilities and who, probably, lost their credentials are:
-Arun Jaitley will keep Finance Portfolio and Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
-Nitin Gadkari gets the additional charge of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development Ganga Rejuvenation.
-Shiv Pratap Shukla - promoted as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
-Ashwini Kumar Choubey - promoted as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
-Virendra Kumar - - promoted as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
-Anant Kumar Hegde - the Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
-Raj Kumar Singh - the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power and the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
-Hardeep Puri - the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
-Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
-Satya Pal Singh - the Minister of State in the Ministry of Women Resource Development and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, Rural Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
-Alphons Kannanthanam - the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Tourism and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
-Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also gets Ministry of Mines
-While Uma Bharati , who was earlier the Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, has now been made the Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
-Also, Vijay Goel, earlier the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, has now been made the Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
-Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has been given the Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports (ANI)
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