350: Prime Minister Modi Expands His Team
Ronojoy Sen, Senior Research Fellow, ISAS
12 November 2014
Nearly six months after the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) government came to power in India, a
much
-
awaited Cabinet expansion took place on
9 November 2014
with the induction of 21 new
ministers. The load of some ministers has been made lighter, a few have got new responsibilities
and there has also
been an induction of fresh faces. Besides getting trusted ministers for key
positions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his advisers have factored in regional and electoral
interests. However, Shiv Sena's wrangling with the BJP over government formation in
Maharashtra cast a shadow on the cabinet expansion. The Sena, one of whose MPs was slated to
be a minister, boycotted the swearing
-
in ceremony