Cabinet reshuffle: 4 new faces, 3 ministers dropped

October 26, 2012 12:52

The Cabinet reshuffle will take place at 11.30 am on Sunday. Our sources in Delhi say four new faces are expected, six ministers will be moved to new portfolios and three ministers will be dropped. While the names will be known only on Sunday, the ministers involved are being informed about inductions and expulsions.

Congress may opt to give party MPs such as Meenakshi Natarajan, Manicka Tagore and Pradip Majhi minister of state ranks. Natarajan, a Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur, is one of the secretaries involved with Rahul Gandhi's organisational works

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