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THE NATION: PRAMOD MAHAJAN
MINISTERS WHO ARE UP
The cabinet reshuffle lifted the fortunes of many ministers by elevating
them or giving them additional charge...
 ARUN
SHOURIE
Minister, Disinvestment
His performance as disinvestment minister left a lot to be desired but
his credentials and integrity saw him being considered to replace Yashwant
Sinha in the Finance Ministry.
 SHAHNAWAZ
HUSSAIN
Minister, Civil Aviation
A protege of Uma Bharati, the new civil aviation minister is the youngest
ever to hold a cabinet post at the Centre. Just 31, he will remain the
Muslim face of the BJP-led Government.
 VIJAY
GOEL
MoS, PMO
The entry of the former ABVP activist, a permanent fixture at the PM's
house, into the ministry owes as much to his organisational skills as
to his ties with Vajpayee's foster son-in-law.
 MANEKA
GANDHI
MoS. Culture
The Gandhi family daughter-in-law looks after a ministry which oversees
several institutions that are being run like personal fiefdoms by acolytes
of her sister-in-law Sonia.
... but many also found themselves stripped
of portfolios or relegated to less crucial ones.
& DOWN
 JAGMOHAN
Minister, Tourism
Delhi's land mafia celebrated Jagmohan's ouster from the Urban Development
Ministry. Jagmohan sulked for a while but was persuaded to take up Tourism.
 SHARAD,
PASWAN
Ministers, Labour, Coal
The friends-turned-foes have both lost plum jobs. Paswan treated Telecom
as personal property and was shunted to Coal; Yadav paid the price for
stonewalling the sale of Air-India.
 S.N.
JATIYA
Minister, Social Justice
A trade unionist for long, Jatiya was never at ease in the Labour Ministry
and had serious misgivings about the Centre's labour reforms. But for
his seniority, he may have been dropped.
 VASUNDHARA
RAJE
MoS, Rural Industries
Her ministry was bifurcated and she was stripped of several powers. She
riled the RSS by removing Mahesh Sharma as head of the Khadi and Village
Industries Commission.
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