Cabinet reshuffle in the offing after Karnataka assembly elections

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi having assumed the responsibilities of the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and at least two vacancies following the exit of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), discussion has started in the Bharatiya Janata Party about a possible cabinet reshuffle. The Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan assembly elections are also due later in the year. So the reshuffle could happen late May, after the Karnataka assembly elections.

Chhattisgarh, which sends 10 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Lok Sabha and five to the Rajya Sabha, has only one minister, Vishnu Deo Sai, who is minister of state Steel, in