BJP could see more changes after new MPs, governors, party chief
The appointment of new governors for Haryana and Goa and a Lt Governor for Ladakh comes a day after the Modi government announced nomination of four new members to the Rajya Sabha – Advocate Ujjwal Nikam, Meenakshi Jain, Harsh Vardhan Shringla and C Sadanandan Master.
A senior BJP leader said: 'A majority of ministers holding significant portfolios have been repeated from the previous Modi government… While the emphasis so far was on continuity, the Cabinet may now be recalibrated along new priorities like External Affairs, as well as trade and commerce due to the new tariff regime of US President Donald Trump.'
A party source pointed to Shringla, who has served as Indian Ambassador to the US, being inducted as MP.
BJP insiders said that among those who may be replaced in the Cabinet are Rajya Sabha MPs who are towards the fag end of their tenure, who could be accommodated in the party's organisational ranks.
Others said the BJP will look at leaders from its alliance partners, such as the JD(U), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and TDP, for ministers. While the JD(U) and LJP are based in Bihar, which goes to polls soon, the TDP heads the sole government in the South that the BJP is a part of.
A leader said: 'Things have begun moving and the only relevant question is what happens next – a gubernatorial reshuffle, the announcement of the national party president and other leaders to senior party ranks, or a Cabinet reshuffle.'
The BJP has completed the mandatory requirement of electing chiefs in more than half of its 37 state units, and is expected to set the ball rolling on who will succeed J P Nadda soon.
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