Half of Narendra Modi's cabinet not elected directly

New Delhi: With the outgoing 16th Lok Sabha completing its term, almost half of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet who were not directly elected by people of the country. As per the government data, 12 of the 25 current cabinet ministers in the who are members of the Rajya Sabha. They are Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu, Ravi Shankar Prasad, J.P. Nadda, Chaudhary Birender Singh, Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Smriti Irani, Prakash Javadekar, Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Of them, Prasad and Irani will be contesting 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Patna Saheb and Amethi, respectively. Also, there are seven junior ministers — K.J. Alphons, Vijay Goel, Mansukh Mandviya, Parshottam Rupala, Ramdas Athawale and Shiv Pratap Shukla — in the government, who are Rajya Sabha members. (IANS)

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