The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) and the Cabinet meetings that were scheduled for today at 11 am and 11:05 am have been canceled.
The first cabinet reshuffle in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term was to be announced today at 6 p.m. The government had mentioned that the new cabinet would be the youngest cabinet in the history of India.
However, any official reason has not yet been given for the cancellation of the meeting. The Cabinet expansion would likely take place today at 6 p.m. and several new leaders were expected to be added to the Cabinet.
Apart from the Governor’s reshuffle, The Ministry of Cooperation had also been set up on Tuesday, which all indicated for the Cabinet expansion to be held today.
Prime Minister was said to hold an important meeting at his residence, which was allegedly related to the cabinet reshuffle. However, the meeting had been canceled.
PM Modi was making changes to his cabinet for the first time after he had started his second term in 2019.
PM Modi earlier carried out a month-long review of the Minister’s performance which made the government suffer criticism in the country as well as abroad.
The expansion comes around the completion of PM Modi’s government’s seven years in office. In the Union Council of Ministers there were 21 cabinet ministers, 9 independent charged ministers, and 23 ministers of the state, however, the council could have up to 81 ministers, which concludes that over a dozen add ons were to be expected.
