Four ministers have resigned and more are expected to, sources said today, hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega reshuffle.
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Santosh Gangwar, were the first to quit the Union Cabinet. Sanjay Dhotre and Rao Saheb Dhanve Patil have also resigned. Mr Nishank was Education Minister and Santosh Gangwar was Labour Minister. Both have reportedly given health reasons in their resignation letters. According to Labour Ministry sources, Mr Gangwar paid for his ministry's poor handling of the migrants and jobs crisis in the pandemic.