After the results of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sworn in the new government along with his cabinet. Narendra Modi has taken oath as the Prime Minister for the third time.
From 7.15 pm, the Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State took oath of office and secrecy. President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath to all. A total of 30 leaders have taken oath as cabinet-level ministers.
Presidents of many countries including India's neighboring countries were also present in the oath taking ceremony.
Some leaders from Gujarat have also got a place in the cabinet. On the other hand, the cards of many leaders from Gujarat and at the national level have been cut. Some leaders from NDA allies have also got ministerial posts.
Who got the ministership from Gujarat, who was left out?
Amit Shah, CR Patil, Mansukh Mandaviya, and S. as ministers from Gujarat. Jaishankar has been included. Amit Shah, Mansukh Mandaviya and S. Jaishankar has taken oath as a cabinet-level minister.
Gujarat BJP State President C.R. Patil has also been made a cabinet-level minister. Thus, a total of four ministers from Gujarat have become cabinet-level ministers.While Union Minister Parshottam Rupala and State Minister Devusinh Chauhan have been removed from the cabinet.
Apart from this, Darshana Jardosh and Dr. Darshana Jardosh who represented in the Union Cabinet in the last term from Gujarat. Mahendra Munjpara was not given a ticket this time. Hence, he did not contest the election.
Who are the new faces involved at the national level?
Amit Shah in Modi Cabinet, S. Leaders like Jaishankar, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Dharmendra Pradhan have remained unchanged.
BJP National President JP Nadda has also got a place in the 'Modi Cabinet'. Due to this, it is believed that there will be major changes in the BJP organization.Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnav, who played important roles in the BJP government in the last term, have also been reinstated in the cabinet.
Former chief ministers have also been included in the cabinet of the new government. Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan, former Chief Minister of Haryana Manoharlal Khattar and former Chief Minister of Assam Sarvanand Sonowal have also been included. All the three leaders have been made cabinet level ministers.
Apart from this, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju, Giriraj Singh have also taken oath as cabinet ministers.Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnav, who played important roles in the BJP government in the last term, have also been reinstated in the cabinet.
Former chief ministers have also been included in the cabinet of the new government. Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan, former Chief Minister of Haryana Manoharlal Khattar and former Chief Minister of Assam Sarvanand Sonowal have also been included. All the three leaders have been made cabinet level ministers.
Apart from this, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju, Giriraj Singh have also taken oath as cabinet ministers.Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnav, who played important roles in the BJP government in the last term, have also been reinstated in the cabinet.
Former chief ministers have also been included in the cabinet of the new government. Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan, former Chief Minister of Haryana Manoharlal Khattar and former Chief Minister of Assam Sarvanand Sonowal have also been included. All the three leaders have been made cabinet level ministers.
Apart from this, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju, Giriraj Singh have also taken oath as cabinet ministers.
How many people from Nitish Kumar and Naidu's party are involved?
The BJP needs allies to form a third government under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. Hence, all eyes were on how many leaders from the party of Nitishkumar and Chandrababu Naidu get a place in the cabinet.
NDA's ally HD Kumaraswamy of JDS has been made a cabinet-level minister. Hindustani Awam Morcha president Jitanram Manjhi has also become a cabinet minister.
Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal (United) has a total of 12 MPs. JDU leader Rajivaranjan Singh (Lallansingh) has also taken oath as a cabinet minister. Chandrababu Naidu's party Telugu Desam Party has elected 16 Members of Parliament. TDP's K. Rammohan Naidu has been made a cabinet-level minister.
Chirag Paswan from Lok Janshakti (Ram Vilas) party has got a place in Modi's cabinet and he also got the post of cabinet level minister. Rashtriya Lok Dal leader and president Jayant Chaudhary has been made Minister of State (Independent Charge). He is a Rajya Sabha MP.
Ramdas Athavale, president of NDA's ally Republican Party of India, Karpuri Thakur's son Ramnath Thakur has also been made a minister of state.
Liaison with Collaborating Parties
In the Lok Sabha elections, NDA got 293 seats, but BJP got 240 seats. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu and JDU chief Nitish Kumar are now key allies in the NDA and it is being said that both will play an important role.
Earlier in 2019, Chandrababu Naidu broke away from the NDA over the demand for special status to Andhra Pradesh.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has also been demanding special status for the state for a long time. The JDU may also demand caste-based enumeration at the national level. Both parties may also assert their demands in this government even more, though both say they are unconditionally supporting the Modi 3.0 government.
But senior JDU leader KC Tyagi has demanded a reconsideration of the Agniveer scheme, which Chirag Paswan has also backed. In these circumstances, the government formed with the support of the allies and their inclusion in the cabinet will be watching how the government works.
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