RS Prasad, Prakash Javadekar & 10 others resign from Cabinet ahead of oath-taking ceremony

In a breaking development minutes before scheduled oath-taking ceremony of new Cabinet Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan, President of India has accepted resignation of 12 sitting Union ministers. Amongst 12 names, Union Law & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Pras and Prakash Javekar, who hes Ministry of Information & Brocasting are two big names to exit PM Modi's new Cabinet.

Earlier in day, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan h tendered ir resignation to make way for new inductees into Cabinet. Ravi Shankar Pras's resignation comes amid IT Ministry ongoing tussle with Twitter and or social media platforms over new IT rules that came into force on May 26. While it was expected that Ravi Shankar Pras would be divested of his ditional portfolios to strengn PM Modi's new Cabinet and inject some young blood into his team, it remains to be seen which of 15 leers, expected to takeover Cabinet Ministries today, holds fills in RS Pras's boots.

Here is list of all 12 Council of Ministers whose resignation has been accepted by President: 

1. D.V. Sananda Gowda
2. Ravi Shankar Pras
3. Thaawarchand Gehlot
4. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
5. Dr. Harsh Vardhan
6. Prakash Javekar
7. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar
8. Shri Babul Supriyo
9. Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao
10. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria
11. Pratap Chandra Sarangi
12. Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri

After Union Cabinet expansion, PM Modi's team will have 27 OBCs which is highest representation of this community since Independence, Republic TV learnt. As per sources, this is more than proportion of OBC population of country. Moreover, 5 Ministers from OBC quota will be inducted into Union Cabinet. Overall, sources indicated that new Council of Ministers will give more representation in terms of caste, religion, region and experience than several or governments in past.

Overall caste & representation:

• 22 women out of which two will be in Cabinet
• 27 OBC members out of which 5 will be in Cabinet
• 12 SC members out of which two will be in Cabinet
• 8 ST members out of which three will be in Cabinet