Power circles in the national capital are abuzz with speculation of an imminent Union Council of Ministers reshuffle after BJP dropped two sitting ministers from its Rajya Sabha nomination list yesterday.Announcing 11 candidates for the June 18 Rajya Sabha election, BJP did not re-nominate Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing, Ravneet Singh Bittu, from Rajasthan, and MoS Fisheries, George Kurian, from Madhya Pradesh. The party has instead nominated National General Secretary Tarun Chugh from Madhya Pradesh and Haryana BJP in-charge Satish Poonia from Rajasthan.The lack of an Upper House re-nomination makes the continuation of Bittu and Kurian in the Union Council of Ministers uncertain. This is because their Rajya Sabha terms will end soon, and for them to continue, they would need another nomination, which looks improbable at the moment.The question now being asked is: if Bittu loses his ministerial berth, who will fill it? A minister from Punjab is considered a given, as the state will go to the poll next year.Speculation is rife over whether Tarun Chugh or former Punjab BJP chief Jattvibeil Jakhar could make the cut in the Council of Ministers revamp. Both are prominent Hindu faces in the state where Jat-Sikh politics dominates.BJP has already played the Jat-Sikh card by appointing Kewal Dhillon as party president in Punjab. It will now want to balance that by bringing Hindu, OBC, or Dalit faces into the Cabinet.Bittu, for his part, has already indicated his intent to withdraw from Parliament and the Centre in favour of a Punjab role. Two days ago, he expressed a desire to work in the state and contest the upcoming Punjab Assembly election in 2027, saying he wanted to serve Punjab after spending 17 years in Parliament.BJP is expected to send Bittu to the state ahead of the Punjab election due in 2027. It remains to be seen whether Punjab’s representation in Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet will change with the loss of Rajya Sabha nomination for Ravneet Singh Bittu.