New Delhi,
Nine new ministers, including former IFS officer Hardeep Puri, ex-Mumbai Police chief Satyapal Singh and retired IAS officer Alphons Kannanthanam will be inducted into the Union Council of Ministers on Sunday as part of a major revamp by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The new faces include BJP MPs Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Bihar), Virendra Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) and Shiv Pratap Shukla (Uttar Pradesh).

The others are Anant Kumar Hegde, Raj Kumar Singh, Hardeep Puri, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Satyapal Singh and KJ Alphons Kannanthanam.

While Hardeep Puri is a former Foreign Service officer, K.J. Alphons is a former IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Satya Pal Singh is former police chief of Mumbai.

“The new ministers are going to be strategically placed in key ministries, especially focusing on last mile delivery directly to the people,” a source said.

“As a part of the restructuring, six incumbent ministers have resigned,” the source said.

The new entrants to the Cabinet are going to be strategically placed in key Ministries, especially focusing on last mile delivery directly to the people, sources say.

No JD(U), Sena names in list of new ministers

With government sources disclosing the names of nine people who will take oath as ministers tomorrow, a surprise factor is the absence of any member of the BJP’s allies such as the JD(U) and the Shiv Sena from the list.

Though top BJP leaders maintained silence on the development, sources in the party said the JD(U) and the Shiv Sena not figuring in the list was likely due to lack of a formula for representation which could satisfy all allies.

The Sena, with 18 Lok Sabha members against two from the JD(U), wanted its share of representation in line with that of the Nitish Kumar-led party, which would have meant several more berths for the Maharashtra party, a demand the BJP did not concede, the sources said.