In the reshuffle of Union Council of Ministers, undertaken by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in October 2012, who among the following was a Cabinet Minister (excluding Ministers of State and Ministers of State with Independent Charge)?

In the October 2012 cabinet reshuffle by PM Manmohan Singh, Pawan Kumar Bansal was promoted to Cabinet Minister and given the Railway Ministry portfolio. The other options listed (Tharoor, Scindia, Pilot, Chiranjeevi) were all Ministers of State (MoS) or Ministers of State with Independent Charge at that time, not full Cabinet Ministers. The question specifically asks for Cabinet Ministers, excluding Ministers of State and Ministers of State with Independent Charge, making Bansal the correct answer.