Out: Prasad, Javadekar, Vardhan and Pokhriyal

Out: Prasad, Javadekar, Vardhan and Pokhriyal

Akhilesh.Singh@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:08.07.2021

The exit of 12 ministers came as a surprise element as well-known faces like health minister Harsh Vardhan, information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar and law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad left the government on Wednesday.

The factors that led to their exit seem to range from slow pace of meeting targets to inadequate communication of policy and political goals in respective ministries. The articulation about the Covid-19 situation in the country was seen to be “bureaucratic” and seemed to lag in countering the opposition allegations during the second wave.

DOOR SHUT: The exit of 12 heavyweights has come as a surprise

Pokhriyal learnt to have quit largely over health issue

Edu minister Ramesh Pokhariyal is learnt to have quit largely on health grounds It was also felt that the Delhi leader (Harsh Vardhan) did not take on AAP on issues of oxygen shortages as was needed. Prasad, who was holding crucial departments, including law and IT, has been visible and vocal in the government’s showdown with social media giant Twitter. He has also been fielded often as spokesperson on policy and political issues. The persistent problems in the telecom sector and slow progress in the Bharatnet project are seen as problematic issues. As the party organisation may also be in for recast, the possibility of former ministers finding themselves in new roles cannot be ruled out.

Education minister Ramesh Pokhariyal is learnt to have had to quit largely on health grounds as he was struggling with post-Covid complications. The minister had to be hospitalised again after recovering from the infection. Though having helmed the new education policy, the leader may have been a little slow off the block in dealing with other issues relating to the ministry such as revision of school curriculum that is a major reform for the government.

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