Modi Cabinet heads for reshuffle as Naidu steps down, 2019 LS polls near

Reshuffle likely after conclusion of presidential elections and the Monsoon session

In its three-year tenure, the Narendra Modi council of ministers has had two Cabinet reshuffles and expansions — in November 2014 and July 2016. A third expansion and reshuffle is in the offing with less than two years to go for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and a need being felt to reinvigorate the Union Cabinet. A Cabinet reshuffle has also become necessary to fill several vacancies. 

The Cabinet reshuffle is likely to occur after the new President and Vice-President of the country have been elected and the Monsoon session of Parliament has been concluded. The new Vice-President is to