Modi's Cabinet Expansion: 7 Women Who Joined Narendra Modi's Union Council Of Ministers

Modi's Cabinet Expansion 7 Women Who Joined Narendra Modi's Union Council Of Ministers

Nirmala Sitharaman Former Union finance minister, BJP's Rajya Sabha member, one of two women in the Cabinet, serving third term

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Annapurna Devi OBC leader, 2nd woman in Union Cabinet, key for BJP in state polls, ex-minister in Jharkhand/Bihar

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Savitri Thakur Sworn in as Minister of State at 46, tribal leader from Madhya Pradesh. Won Dhar seat in 2024 after 2019 ticket denial

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Nimuben Bambhaniya Minister of State, one of three women to win from Gujarat on BJP ticket, former Bhavnagar mayor, won by huge margin

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Raksha Khadse Minister, three-term Maharashtra MP, won Lok Sabha seat twice, B.Sc in computer science

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Shobha Karandlaje Ex-Union Minister, vocal critic of extremism, three-time Lok Sabha member, first woman MP from Bengaluru

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Anupriya Patel Prominent OBC Kurmi leader, returns to Union ministry, former Minister of State for Commerce, won Mirzapur seat in UP

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