36 new faces in PM Narendra Modi cabinet, 12 exist
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a major cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday appointed 43 new ministers and expanded it with new set of Council of Ministers.
The names of the selected ministers were chosen after accumulating feedback from senior ministers and party leaders. Also, factors like caste, age, gender, education, experience, etc. have been taken into account.
The oath ceremony for these new ministers began today around 6 pm at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
They included:
- Narayan Tatu Rane
- Sarbananda Sonowal
- Dr. Virendra Kumar
- Jyotiraditya M Scindia
- Ramchandra Prasad Singh
- Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
- Kiren Rijiju
- Raj Kumar Singh
- Hardeep Singh Puri
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Bhupender Yadav
- Parshottam Rupala
- G. Kishan Reddy
- Anurag Singh Thakur
- Pankaj Choudhary
- Anupriya Singh Patel
- Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel
- Rajeev Chandrasekhar
- Shobha Karandlaje
- Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
- Darshana Vikram Jardosh
- Meenakashi Lekhi
- Annpurna Devi
- A. Narayanaswamy
- Kaushal Kishore
- Ajay Bhatt
- B. L. Verma
- Ajay Kumar
- Chauhan Devusinh
- Bhagwanth Khuba
- Kapil Moreshwar Patil
- Pratima Bhoumik
- Dr. Subhas Sarkar
- Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
- Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
- Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
- Bishweswar Tudu
- Shantanu Thakur
- Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai
- John Barla
- Dr. L. Murugan
- Nisith Pramanik
“The cabinet under the leadership of PM Modi will make its best contribution in taking welfare policies of the government to the people and in realizing the resolve of self-reliant India,” said Home Minister Amit Shah while congratulating the ministers
It is important to note that 12 ministers, so far, have resigned and many more are expected to quit in the coming days. The ministers who have quit include Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Harsh Vardhan, Santosh Gangwar, Sadanand Gowda, Ashwini Chaube, Babul Supriyo, Debasree Chauduri, Sanjay Dhotre, Rao Saheb Dhanve Patil, Ratan Lal Kataria, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, and DV Sadananda.
