Battling unpopularity post Kathua rape and murder, the BJP has decided to replace its Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh in the restive region of Jammu and Kashmir. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to induct five new faces in the J&K Cabinet on Monday including Speaker Kavinder Gupta who will replace deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh as he resigned on Sunday after he reportedly met BJP president Amit Shah in New Delhi.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to induct five new faces in the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet on Monday including Speaker Kavinder Gupta who will replace deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh who resigned on Sunday after he reportedly met BJP president Amit Shah in New Delhi.
Gupta, a senior BJP leader who represents Gandhi Nagar Assembly constituency of the winter capital city of Jammu, will be sworn in on Monday. Jammu and Kashmir governor NN Vohra will administer the oath of office and secrecy to those being inducted into the council of ministers at the convention centre at 12 noon.
The fresh reshuffle comes 15 days after the then Forest minister Chaudhary Lal Singh and Industries Minister CP Ganga quit under pressure to save the PDP-BJP government in the state. The state can have a maximum of 25 ministers, including the chief minister, out of which 14 portfolios are with the PDP and the remaining with the BJP.
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