This is why Maneka Gandhi and Anant Hegde didn't get place in Modi Cabinet 2.0!

PM Narendra Modi took the oath as the prime minister of India for the second time in a grand event at the president' house. The oath ceremony witnessed around 8 thousand high-profile guests and in front of them, a total of 58 ministers took oath alongside PM Modi. Amit Shah and S Jaishankar got a chance to join the new cabinet of Narendra Modi. On the other hand, the controversy has raised after some previous ministers didn't get a chance in Modi cabinet 2.0.

Many former ministers like Maneka Gandhi to Anantkumar Hegde, have been dropped from this new form of government. Maneka Gandhi was in-charge of the Women and Child Development Ministry but he came in the controversy after her statement during the election campaigns. During the election campaigns, she targetted the Muslim community for not giving a vote to her.

"If my victory has to happen without the Muslims, I won't feel good. Dil khatta ho jata hai (Things go sour). Then when a Muslim comes to me for some work, I think there's no point," Maneka Gandhi said in the election rally at Uttar Pradesh.

This statement made controversy and it really became one of the reasons why she was not considered to repeat her ministry. While on the other hand, Anantkumar Hegde, who was in charge of the skill development portfolio, has also been dropped. In 2019, he won Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 4 lakh votes.

Ananat Hegde after the Sadhvi Pragya's statement on Nathuram Godse calling him a patriot, tweeted, "Am glad that 7 decades later today's generation debates in a changed perceptional environment and gives good scope for the condemned to be heard upon. #NathuramGodse would have finally felt happy with this debate!"

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