New Delhi: Four junior Ministers were this morning elevated to the Cabinet rank and nine new faces, including four former government officers, inducted as Ministers of State, in a rejig by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a focus on his agenda on good governance.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, who were all holding independent charge as State Ministers, were promoted to the Cabinet rank, which is being seen as an acknowledgement of their performance.
