At least nine new ministers will join the Council of Ministers as part of a major revamp ahead of the 2019 elections.
Nirmala Sitharaman will be the new Defence Minister of India – the second woman to be in-charge of the portfolio after Indira Gandhi. By virtue of her elevation she automatically is now part of the all-powerful Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). In the process, the first time MP leapfrogs over senior party colleagues in the Cabinet. Piyush Goyal is the new Railway Minister.
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