Cabinet shuffle aimed at weakening Sena’s grip in Maharashtra’s key areas
The Hindu
Four from State BJP join Modi’s Council of Ministers.
With four BJP leaders from Maharashtra starring in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega Cabinet reshuffle, the BJP appears to have worked out a well thought-out stratagem to unsettle the tripartite Uddhav Thackeray -led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and particularly target its estranged saffron ally, the Shiv Sena, in key regions of the State. The exercise saw the induction of the Sena’s perennial bete noire, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane, into the Union Cabinet and Kapil Patil, Dr. Bhagwat Karad and Bharati Pawar as Ministers of State (MoS).More Related News