HAM(S) Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi takes oath as minister at the swearing-in ceremony of new Union government, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
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Narendra Modi took oath on Sunday, June 9 for the record third consecutive term as the Prime Minister of India.
The third term of the BJP-led NDA government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has a maximum of 31 cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Modi, besides five Ministers of State (with Independent Charge) and 36 ministers of state.
As we now have the list of ministers, let us take a look at the oldest ones in Modi government 3.0:
Jitan Ram Manjhi, aged 79 is the oldest minister in Modi government. A veteran Dalit face of the NDA, Majhi has won the Lok Sabha election for the first time in his life. But he has the rare distinction of serving as a minister in Bihar under seven CMs in the last four decades, besides being the Chief Minister himself for nine months from May 2014 to February 2015.
Rao Inderjeet Singh is a BJP leader from Haryana's Gurugram. He is second oldest, aged 73.
V Somanna is 72 and represents Tumkur Parliamentary constituency of Karnataka. Of the same age are Rajnath Singh and Hardeep Singh Puri.
Aged 71, are Giriraj Singh of Bihar's Begusarai and Shripad Naik from North Goa.
M L Khattar and Arjun Ram Meghwal are both 70, from Haryana's Karnal and Rajasthan's Bikaner respectively.
Jitan Ram Manjhi | Age: 79
HAM (S) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi.
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Rao Inderjeet Singh | Age: 73
Rao Inderjit Singh.
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V Somanna | Age: 72
V Somanna.
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Rajnath Singh | Age: 72
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
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Hardeep Singh Puri | Age: 72
Hardeep Singh Puri.
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Giriraj Singh | Age: 71
Giriraj Singh.
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Shripad Naik | Age: 71
Shripad Naik.
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M L Khattar | Age: 70
M L Khattar.
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Arjun Ram Meghwal | Age: 70
Arjun Ram Meghwal.
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