Narendra Modi’s cabinet formation has left vacant positions since cabinet reshuffle

New Delhi, May 3 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet formation has left his party depleted of leaders to take charge of crucial postions. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah has been unable to fill positions after many of the office bearers of the party were sworn in to perform ministerial functions last November.“More than five months after the reshuffle, we are still facing vacancies. It has resulted in serious organisational crisis in the party,” a BJP source told IANS, not wishing to be identified. A party spokesman refused to comment on the matter, saying it was the prerogative of the party president to fill postions as and when he desires.Shah had announced his team in July last year after taking over as the party president. His team had 11 vice presidents, eight general secretaries (including one general secretary) and 14 secretaries.Of the 11 vice presidents, four left. Bandaru Dattatreya was made minister of state (independent charge) for labour and employment and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi given minority affairs. Raghuvar Das became chief minister of Jharkhand and Kiran Maheshwari was inducted into Vasundhara Raje’s government in Rajasthan as cabinet minister of public health and water resources.