Congress MP and leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet. On the news of record induction of members from the OBC and the Scheduled Caste communities, Kharge said the Centre is doing it for polls and to distract people. They are not doing this for the welfare of communities but because of their compulsion," ANI quoted Kharge as saying. HT has learned that the new council of ministers is expected to see greater representation from the SC, ST, OBC communities. Other Union ministers resigning from their posts included Babul Supriyo, Santosh Gangwar, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Sadananda Gowda etc.

Source: Hindustan Times July 07, 2021 12:45 UTC