Cabinet reshuffle: Why PM Modi dropped these top 7 ministers

As many as 12 members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of ministers tendered their resignation before 43 people were sworn in as Union ministers by President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday evening. Of the 12 ministers who were dropped, six were of cabinet rank while one (Santosh Gangwar) was a minister of state (MoS) (independent charge). Out of the six cabinet ministers who were dropped, Thaawar Chand Gehlot was appointed as governor of Karnataka on Tuesday.