The Narendra Modi-led NDA government effected a reshuffle of some ministries and allocated portfolios to 21 new ministers, giving Defence to Manohar Parrikar, Railways to Suresh Prabhu, Information and Broadcasting to Arun Jaitley and moving Harsh Vardhan from health to Science and Technology, a Rashrapati Bhavan communique said on Sunday.

Prabhu quit Shiv Sena and joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today before being sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the first expansion of the Narendra Modi government.

The 61-year-old banker-politician joined BJP at a time when there is simmering tension between the Sena and the BJP amid speculations that Uddhav Thackeray may pull his party out of the government at the Centre and play the role of opposition in Maharashtra.

Allocation of portfolios of 19 other ministers were also announced today.


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