New Delhi: As the Cabinet expansion in the Central government is on the cards, the Congress party, on Wednesday, said that if performance and governance are the criteria then Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be sacked first. Speaking on the issue, Congress Chief Spokesperson and General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be the first person to be sacked as he has brought the country to a standstill. Peace and harmony have been thrown into the dustbin of history."
Calling the Cabinet rejig an "eyewash", Surjewala said, "This is a defector's adjustment exercise." Apart from PM Modi, Surjewala named several ministers demanding their removal from the Cabinet, claiming that they have "failed" to perform well. "First, sack the Defence Minister because China encroached on our land. Sack the Home Minister, due to whose failure extremism and Naxalism are spreading, custodial deaths and mob lynching have become common," Surjewala said.
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He further added, "Sack Dharmendra Pradhan as he has failed to control fuel prices. Sack Dr Harsh Vardhan as he failed to manage the Covid crisis. Sack Nirmala Sitharaman who has brought our GDP growth in negative." Amid the Cabinet reshuffle, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey and Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank are the biggest casualties of the government reset who have resigned from their post.
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Reacting over Dr Harsh Vardhan's resignation, Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Poor Dr Harsh Vardhan, a good man has been made a scapegoat for monumental failures at the highest level-nowhere else."
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