Narendra Modi took the oath as Prime Minister of India for the third time on Sunday. Alongside him, 72 ministers were also sworn in, including 30 cabinet Ministers, 5 ministers of State with Independent Charge and 36 ministers of state. The 73-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart and members of his council of ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Droupadi Murmu during a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Here is a list of ministers who took oath
- Rajnath Singh, who held the Union Defence Minister’s post in the previous government, was sworn in.
- Amit Shah, who served as the Union Home Minister in the Modi 2.0 government, was inducted into the new government.
- Nitin Gadkari, who held the post of Union Minister of Road Transport, is part of the newly-formed NDA government.
- JP Nadda, the BJP national chief, is a new entrant to the Narendra Modi-led Cabinet.
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, has been given a Cabinet berth.
- Nirmala Sitharaman, who previously held the Finance portfolio, is part of the new government.
- Dr. S. Jaishankar, the former External Affairs Minister, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Manohar Lal Khattar, who resigned as Haryana Chief Minister in March, has been given a Cabinet post.
- HD Kumaraswamy, chief of JD(S), was sworn in as a Union Minister in the PM Modi-led NDA government.
- Piyush Goyal, who secured his first Lok Sabha term after defeating a Congress candidate, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Dharmendra Pradhan, who was a Union Minister in the previous government, was sworn in as a Union Minister again.
- Jitan Ram Manjhi, founder of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), took the oath as a Union Cabinet Minister.
- Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, a leader from Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), took the oath as a Union Cabinet Minister.
- Sarbananda Sonowal, a BJP leader from Assam, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, a Telugu Desam Party leader, was included in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
- Dr. Virendra Kumar took the oath as a Cabinet Minister in the third term of the PM Modi-led government.
- Jual Oram was sworn in as a Union Minister in Modi 3.0.
- Pralhad Joshi was sworn in as a Union Minister on Sunday.
- Ashwini Vaishnaw, who previously held the Railways portfolio, took the oath as a Union Cabinet Minister.
- Giriraj Singh was sworn in as a Union Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
- Jyotiraditya Scindia, who won his fifth term in Lok Sabha, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Bhupendra Yadav, who was the Union Cabinet Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, is included in Modi 3.0.
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who won his third term from the Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency, took the oath as a Union Cabinet Minister.
- Annapurna Devi, a BJP leader, was sworn in as a Union Minister in the PM Modi-led NDA government.
- Kiren Rijiju, who has been one of the key ministers in the Narendra Modi cabinet since the BJP came into power in 2014, took the oath today.
- Mansukh Mandaviya, who held the post of Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the previous regime, took the oath on Sunday.
- Hardeep Singh Puri, who has been a Rajya Sabha member since 2018, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- G. K. Reddy was sworn in as a Union Minister in the newly-formed NDA government.
- Chirag Paswan, whose party Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas (LJP-RV) allied with the NDA, took the oath in Modi 3.0.
- C. R. Patil took the oath as a Union Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
List of Ministers of State:
- Jitin Prasada, who joined the BJP in 2021 before the 2022 UP assembly polls, was inducted as MoS.
- Shripad Naik, a six-time North Goa MP, is part of the third Narendra Modi government as well.
- Pankaj Chaudhary, who held MoS (Finance) in the second Modi ministry, took the oath today.
- Krishan Pal Gurjar, who won from Faridabad, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Ramdas Athawale, Republican Party of India chief, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Nityanand Rai, who won from the Ujiyarpur Lok Sabha seat, took the oath as a Union Minister.
- Anupriya Patel, whose party Apna Dal allied with the NDA, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- V. Somanna, who won from the Tumkur seat, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, a leader from Chandrababu Naidu’s party, took the oath as a Union Minister.
- S. P. Singh Baghel, who won his fifth term as MP from Agra, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Shobha Karandlaje, who won from the Bangalore North seat, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Kirti Vardhan Singh, a three-time BJP MP, took the oath as a Union Minister.
- B. L. Verma, Uttar Pradesh BJP’s vice president, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Shantanu Thakur, BJP MP from Bangaon, was sworn in as a Union Minister on Sunday.
- Kamlesh Paswan, a three-time MP from Bengal, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who was elected from the Karimnagar seat by a margin of 2.25 lakh votes, took the oath today.
- Ajay Tamta, a BJP leader from Uttarakhand, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Dr. L. Murugan, who was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in April, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Suresh Gopi, an actor-turned-politician, is also part of the PM Modi-led government.
- Ravneet Singh Bittu, who switched from Congress to BJP in March, took the oath in Modi 3.0.
- Sanjay Seth, a BJP leader who won from Ranchi, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Raksha Khadse, a three-time Lok Sabha MP, is part of the third Modi government.
- Bhagirath Choudhary, who won from the Ajmer Lok Sabha seat, took the oath as MoS.
- Satish Chandra Dubey, who was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in July 2022, was sworn in on Sunday.
- Durgadas Uikey, a BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Sukanta Majumdar, the West Bengal BJP chief, was sworn in as a Union Minister.
- Savitri Thakur, a BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, was chosen to be part of the third Modi government.
- Tokhan Sahu, who won from Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur seat, took the oath as MoS.
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary, who won the 2024 polls from the Muzaffarpur seat, was sworn in today.
- Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma, an Andhra Pradesh BJP leader, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Harsh Malhotra, former Mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation, took the oath as a Union Minister.
- Nimuben Bambhaniam, who won from the Bhavnagar Lok Sabha seat, was sworn in today.
- Murlidhar Mohol, former Pune Mayor, is also a part of the Modi Cabinet.
- George Kurian, state general secretary of the BJP’s Kerala unit, took the oath as a Union Minister.
- Pabitra Margherita, a Rajya Sabha MP from Assam, was sworn in as a Union Minister in the PM Modi-led Cabinet