New Delhi:
Because the Modi 3.0 authorities revealed portfolio allocations – a hotly-contested and closely-watched train given expectations from the BJP’s allies – there was excellent news for 2 veterans from the saffron occasion. Ex-Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar, 70, and his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Chouhan, 65, discovered area within the cupboard.
Mr Khattar, who gained the Karnal Lok Sabha seat, has been given twin cost of the high-profile Energy and Housing ministries. Mr Chouhan, who returned to assert the Vidisha seat he held for 5 consecutive elections between 1991 and 2004, is the Agriculture Minister.
The allocations have been seen as rewards for the 2 senior leaders after being stood down from the chief minister’s put up of their respective states.
Mr Khattar had been Chief Minister of Haryana for a decade until the BJP’s shock reshuffle of its state administration, a measure prompted by issues over anti-incumbency forward of an Meeting election later this yr. The BJP has, previously, modified out chief ministers and rearranged cupboards earlier than state elections for that cause. That was the tactic earlier than polls in Gujarat and Uttarakhand, which the occasion gained, and in Karnataka, which it misplaced.
The altering of the Haryana Chief Minister – now Nayab Singh Saini – was additionally linked to failed seat-sharing talks with state allies JJP forward of the Lok Sabha election.
In the meantime, Mr Chouhan has been seen as getting his dues after stepping down from the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister’s put up after final yr’s election win. The previous four-time Chief Minister engineered the BJP’s massive win thanks largely to his women-centric marketing campaign.
Nonetheless, the occasion opted to put in the unknown Mohan Yadav in his put up as a substitute, with a cautious eye on caste equations forward of the Lok Sabha election.
The BJP swept the state for a second consecutive yr.
