Eight new Ministers Sworn in Cabinet after the Expansion-cum-Reshuffle

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Eight new ministers have been inducted in the Council of Ministers today, with Sisram Ola and Oscar Fernandes making a re-entry after a gap of four years. The expansion-cum-reshuffle of the council of ministers has been necessitated by the resignation of Pawan Kumar Bansal, Ashwani Kumar, Ajay Maken and C P Joshi and the exit of ministers from DMK. According to sources, this is perhaps the last reshuffle and expansion of the Union Council of Ministers before the 2014 general elections. With the fresh inductions, the strength of the Union Council of Ministers has gone up to 77. 

Mallikarjun Kharge, who lost out in Karnataka Chief Minister's race, would be the new Railways Minister. Girija Vyas got housing, urban development and poverty alleviation, a portfolio held by Ajay Maken who also had quit on Saturday to work for the party. Sisram Ola, the Jat leader from Rajasthan got Labour and Employment ministry. Oscar Fernandes got road and highways ministry, succeeding C P Joshi who resigned over the weekend. K S Rao, a five-time MP from coastal Andhra Pradesh who nearly quit Lok Sabha after being ignored in the Cabinet expansion last year, was given the textiles portfolio.

Here are the new names in a nutshell (Important) :

Railway Minister - Mallikarjun Kharge

Cabinet Ministers :

• Roads and highways minister - Oscar Fernandes
• Housing and Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation Minister - Girija Vyas 
• Labour and Employment Minister - Sis Ram Ola
• Ttextiles Minister - K S Rao

Ministers of State:

• MoS commerce and industry - EMS Natchiyappan 
• MoS finance - J D Seelam
• Social Justice and Empowerment - Manikrao Gavit
• Health & Family Welfare - Santosh Chowdhury