President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers at the swearing-in ceremony of new Union government, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, Sunday, June 9, 2024.
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Having secured a historic third term, Narendra Modi, along with 71 leaders from the BJP-led NDA, took their respective oaths on Sunday, marking the formal start of Modi govt 3.0.
The swearing-in ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday saw 30 ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet, while the remaining inductees into the Council of Ministers were appointed as Ministers of State (MoS).
In terms of numbers of ministers, Uttar Pradesh perhaps predictably led the way, with nine appointments (barring Modi himself), followed by Bihar with eight.
Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh saw six leaders each inducted as Union ministers, while Gujarat, Karnataka, and Rajasthan saw five inductees each.
Here, we take you through the appointments on a state-wise basis.
Prominent names in the new Modi government who come from the BJP include Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, J P Nadda, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, and Nitin Gadkari, among others.
Prominent inductees from other parties who are part of the NDA include H D Kumaraswamy (JDS), Lalan Singh (JDU), Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM), and Chirag Paswan (LJP-RV), among others.
The distribution of portfolios is yet to take place.