PM Modi meets President Murmu amid cabinet reshuffle buzz

Speculation about a potential reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers intensified this week following a series of high-level meetings and ministerial exits. On Tuesday, June 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This was followed by a meeting between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the President on Thursday, June 25. Officials described both meetings as routine courtesy calls, but they occurred against a backdrop of political activity fueling widespread conjecture about an impending cabinet reconfiguration.

The speculation gained momentum earlier on Tuesday when veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader George Kurian resigned from the council of ministers. His resignation came following the expiry of his Rajya Sabha term on June 21. Kurian, 65, had served as Minister of State for Minority Affairs, and for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. President Murmu accepted his resignation. Another minister, Ravneet Singh, whose Rajya Sabha term also ended on June 21, was not renominated to the Upper House. Singh serves as Minister of State for Railways and for Food Processing Industries. According to constitutional provisions,...