Narendra Modi to expand cabinet
Gandhinagar, Feb 2 (UNI) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today expanded his Cabinet by inducting six Ministers of State.This is the second expansion in the last 5 months and the third since Mr Modi took charge after the December 2007 Assembly elections.
With the addition of 6 Ministers of State, the strength of the Modi Cabinet went up to 27.
The new entrants were administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor Dr Kamla Beniwal at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan here this morning.
The new ministers include Jitu Sukhadia, MLA from Vadodara,Ranjit Gilitwala, from Surat, Mohan Kundariya from Tankara, Ishwar Patel from Ankleswar, Jaidrathsinh Parmar from Halol and Liladhar Vaghela from Diyodar.
Two Ministers of State had resigned following police cases since Mr Modi took over after the December 2007 Assembly elections. The former minister of State for Women's Welfare, Mayaben Kodnani,resigned in 2009 following her arrest in connection with the 2002 communal massacre in Naroda Gam, while Minister of State for Home Amit Shah resigned after his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh-Kausar Bi murder case in July last year.
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