Cabinet Reshuffle: Piyush Goel elected as new Railway Minister; Sitharaman given Defence Ministry

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to revamp as he is set to induct 9 fresh ministers into his cabinet, a move which is being considered as a big step towards party's preparation for 2019 general elections. As per sources, PM has made space for former bureaucrats and parliamentarians in his cabinet.  LATEST UPDATES:

• Piyush Goyal elected as new Railway Minister after Suresh Prabhu quit the post
• Nirmala Sithraman likely to be elected as new Defence Minister
• Nitin Gadkari gets additional charge of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development Ganga Rejuvenation
• Smriti Irani to hold both Textile and I&B Ministry
• Minsitry of enviornment given to Mahesh Sharma
• Ministry of sports taken away from Vijay Goel, handed over Parliamentary affairs Ministry
• RK Singh given Ministry of Power
• Naqvi given Ministry of Minority Affairs
• Dharmendra Pradhan likely to be given Skill development
• Dharmendra Pradhan takes oath as Minister of state

• Piyush Goel takes oath in PM Modi's cabinet

• Nirmala Sitharaman takes oath as a minister in PM's cabinet, likely to get promoted.

• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi takes oath as Minister of State

 

• Ashwini Kumar Chaubey takes oath as a Minister of State

• Shiv Pratap takes oath as Minister of State
• Virendra Kumar takes oath in PM Modi's cabinet

• Anant Kumar Hegde takes oath as Minister of State

• Raj Kumar Singh (RK Singh) gets inducted into PM Modi's cabinet

• Hardeep Singh Puri takes oath as MoS in PM Modi's cabinet

• Gajendra Singh Shekhawat gets inducted into PM Modi's cabinet

• Satyapal Singh takes oath as Minister of State

• Alphons Kannanthanam takes oath as Minister of State

• All newly elected ministers have been elected as Ministers of State (MoS)
• Jaitley to remain as Defence Minister: Sources
• Uma Bharti skips ceremony
• Vice President Venkaiah Naidu reaches President House for cabinet reshuffle
• BJP Chief Amit Shah reaches PM Modi's residence ahead of the cabinet reshuffle
• "Will fulfill any responsibility given" says Ashwini Chaubey as he leaves for PM Modi's house
• PM Narerndra Modi invites the nine ministers who are to be inducted in his cabinet today at his residence for breakfast, ahead of the reshuffle
• I thank the PM for expressing confidence in my ability. Portfolio has not been decided yet: RK Singh, BJP
• Our National President had already made it clear, so no question of me or anyone from JDU joining cabinet: VN Singh,JDU

The induction is set to take place at 10:30 am in the parliament house. As per reports, the nine ministers who are set to join PM's cabinet ministers include parliamentarians like RK Singh, Ashwini Chaubey, Satyapal Singh, Virendra Kumar, Gajendra Singh, Ankit Kumar Hegde, Shivpratap Shukla, former IAS Alfonse Kananthanam and Hardeep Singh. Also, 3 ministers are set to get promoted, of which one is Nirmala Sitharaman who is currently handling Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Sources said six ministers have resigned as part of restructuring for which the Prime Minister has chosen the power of four Ps - Passion, Proficiency, Professional and Political Acumen for Progress. Among those who resigned are Skill Development Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Kalraj Mishra, Minister of State for Human Resource Developmet Mahendra Nath Pandey and junior Water Resources Minister Sanjeev Balyan.