Cabinet rejig a move to share fruits of power, says Mint scribe

In the Cabinet rejig scheduled for Tuesday, Prime Mnister Narendra Modi is expected to induce almost 19 ministers, primarily focusing on faces from Uttar Pradesh. This expansion-cum-reshuffle is more of an intent to make political concessions in the upcoming elections, said Anil Padmanabhan, Deputy Managing Editor at Mint. Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Padmanabhan said it is a move to share the fruits of power as the Cabinet left out a lot of ministers last year. Calling this an accommodative stance, he said the move is going to be a 'serious three-way fight', where normally BJP wins as the opposition votes get divided. Furthermore, he believes UP is going to be a tough fight for the party where Bahujan Samaj Party's Mayawati can be a front-runner.Meanwhile, Anurpiya Patel, Vijay Goel and MJ Akbar are some of the names he discussed on the show.For entire interview, watch accompanying video.