Govt formation LIVE: Narendra Modi is officially Prime Minister of India for the third time

Of the 71 members of the 3rd Modi Ministry, 32 are new members who were not part of the Council of Ministers in the previous two terms of PM Modi.

While these new faces include senior BJP leaders like Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Manohar Lal Khattar, they also include young leaders Jayant Singh of RLD and Chirag Paswan of LJP (R).

Here are al the 32 fresh faces of the 3rd Modi Ministry:

Shivraj Singh Chouhan
ML Khattar
HD Kumaraswamy
Jayant Choudhary
Lalan Singh
Jitan Ram Manjhi
Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu
Chirag Paswan
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Ram Nath Thakur
Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
Suresh Gopi
Pratap Rao Jadhav
V Somanna
Kirti Vardhan Singh
Kamlesh Paswan
Satish Chandra Dubey
Sukanta Majumdar
Ravneet Singh Bittu
Ajay Tamta
Jitin Prasada
Harsh Malhotra
Annapurna Devi
Sanjay Seth
Raksha Khadse
Durgadas Uikey
Bhagirath Chaudhary
Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma
George Kurian
Pabitra Margherita
Savitri Thakur
Tokhan Sahu

After the conclusion of the swearing-in ceremony of PM Modi, foreign heads of state and government attending the ceremony greeted him.

The first was Bhutan’s PM Tshering Tobgay. The other guests that greeted Modi were Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth, Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, Nepal’s PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, and Vice President of Seychelles Ahmed Afif.

The swearing-in ceremony of PM Modi and the Union Council of Ministers has concluded.

A total of 71 ministers took oath, which included 30 Cabinet ministers, five Ministers of State (Independent Charge), and 36 Ministers of State.

The swearing-in ceremony concluded with the National Anthem of India.

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In addition to 30 Cabinet ministers and five Ministers of State (Independent Charge), the 3rd Modi Ministry will have 36 Ministers of State (MoS).

The complete list of MoS is here:

Jitin Prasada
Shripad Naik
Pankaj Chaudhary
Krishan Pal Gurjar
Ramdas Athawale
Ram Nath Thakur
Nityanand Rai
Anupriya Patel
V Somanna
Pemmasani Chandrasekhar
SP Singh Baghel
Shobha Karandlaje
Kirti Vardhan Singh
BL Verma
Shantanu Thakur
Suresh Gopi
L Murugan
Ajay Tamta
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Kamlesh Paswan
Bhagirath Choudhary
Satish Chandra Dubey
Sanjay Seth
Ravneet Singh Bittu
Durgadas Uikey
Raksha Nikhil Khadse
Sukanta Majumdar
Savitri Thakur
Tokhan Sahu
Bhushan Choudhary
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
Harsh Malhotra
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya
Murlidhar Mohol
George Kurian

The 3rd Modi Ministry has seven former chief ministers, including PM Modi who was the CM of Gujarat.

The other six former CMs to be part of the 3rd Modi Ministry are:

Rajnath Singh, the former CM of UP
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the former CM of Madhya Pradesh
Manohar Lal Khattar, the former CM of Haryana
HD Kumaraswamy, the former CM of Karnataka
Jitan Ram Manjhi, the former CM of Bihar
Sarbananda Sonowal, the former CM of Assam

While Rajnath, Shivraj, Khattar, and Sonowal are from the BJP, Kumaraswamy is from the NDA member Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and Manjhi is from the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM).

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In addition to PM Modi, a total of 71 members of the Union Council of Ministers are taking oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

They include 30 Cabinet ministers, five Ministers of State-Independent Charge (MoS-IC), and 36 Ministers of State (MoS).

After Modi, Rajnath Singh took oath, followed by Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari.

Gadkari was followed by JP Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar Manohar Lal Khattar

Here are the ministers who have taken oath so far:

Cabinet ministers

HD Kumaraswamy
Piyush Goyal
Dharmendra Pradhan
Jitan Ram Manjhi
Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’
Sarbananda Sonowal
Virendra Kuma
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
Pralhad Joshi
Jual Oram
Giriraj Singh
Jyotiraditya Scindia
Annapoorna Devi
Bhupender Yadav
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Kiren Rijiju
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Hardeep Singh Puri
Chirag Paswan
CR Patil
G Kishan Reddy
Mansukh Mandaviya

In addition to 30 Cabinet ministers, the 3rd Modi Ministry has five Ministers of State (Independent Charge).

These MoS (IC) are:

Jitendra Singh
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Prataprao Jadhav
Jayant Singh
Rao Inderjit Singh

The sequence in which the members of the Third Modi Ministry took oath highlights the new pecking order in the BJP.

After Modi, Rajnath Singh took oath, followed by Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari.

This is how the new pecking order is the BJP in Modi’s third term: Modi, Rajnath, Shah, Gadkari, JP Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar, Manohar Lal Khattar.

As President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to him at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Narendra Modi embarked on a third straight term as the Prime Minister of India.

The third straight term as the PM of India for Modi is a feat unprecedented in at least six decades.

President Droupadi Murmu has arrived at the Forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony.

Narendra Modi has arrived for the swearing-in ceremony.

After arriving in his cavalcade, Modi walked with folded hands to the dais and bowed to all those gathered there to attend the ceremony.

Then, Modi took his seat beside Rajnath Sing and Amit Shah and other members of the Union Council of Ministers on the dais.

In a feat unprecedented in at least six decades, Narendra Modi on Sunday took oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term.

President Droupadi Mumu administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Modi at the Forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

After Modi took oath as the PM of India, the Union Council of Ministers started to take oath. Rajnath Singh was the first to take oath.

Foreign leaders have arrived for the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi and the Union Council of Ministers.

Bangladesh’s PM Sheikh Hasina, Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu, and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe have arrived.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has said that he is attending the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as it’s his constitutional duty.

Kharge is the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.

Kharge is the only person from the Opposition at the Rashtrapati Bhavan so far, according to CNN-News 18.

South Asian leaders from Nepal, Bhutan, and Mauritius have arrived at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony, according to the visuals.

Top BJP leaders Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah have arrived at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony.

In the 3rd Modi Cabinet, Rajnath and Shah are set to retain their Defence and Home portfolios respectively.

Bihar CM and JD (U) supremo Nitish Kumar has also arrived at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. His party JD (U) has emerged as the kingmaker alongside the TDP for the formation of the new NDA government.

Nitin Gadkari, Jyotiraditya Singh, and Kiren Rijiju are also among those who have arrived.

Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the Union Council of Ministers, LJP (R) leader Chirag Paswan has said he will get a “big responsibility”.

Chirag is expected to be inducted into the 3rd Modi Ministry.

He further said, “I will try to live up to the expectations of the people with all my hard work and potential.”

Narendra Modi and the Union Council of Ministers will take oath at 7:15 pm, according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

You can watch the swearing-in ceremony live at Firstpost’s YouTube channel:

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, has arrived at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremeony.

Shivraj is expected to get a key portfolio in the 3rd Modi Ministry.

Other ministers of the new government who have arrived include Nirmala Sitharaman, Ashwani Vaishnav, Hardeep Puri, Giriraj Singh, and Jitin Prasanda.

Sitharaman is expected to retain the Finance portfolio in the 3rd Modi Ministry.

Ministers have started arriving at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony.

Among the senior ministers, S Jaishankar was seen in visuals from the Rashtrapati Bhavan shared by CNN-News 18.

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Jaishankar is expected to continue as the Minister of External Affairs in the 3rd Modi Ministry.

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The CNN-News 18 has shared visuals of the Forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan where Modi and the Union Council of Ministers will take oath.

The ministers-designate will start arriving in shortly as the oath-taking ceremony is scheduled for 7:15 pm.

At the venue, guests have been provided with candies. Arrangements for cold drinking water and fans have also been made.

NCP leader Praful Patel has said that the party turned down the offer of a Minister of State-Independent Charge (MoS-IC).

The Ajit Pawar’s faction of the NCP is part of the BJP-led NDA. It is also part of the Shiv Sena-led ruling coalition in Maharashtra that also has the BJP.

Patel said that it was “difficult for us to accept” the offer of a berth of MoS (Independent Charge) as he had been a Cabinet member in the past.

“This is correct that we were offered independent charge…I have been a Cabinet minister and that is why we said that…This is difficult for us to accept it…There is no conflict…Everything is good….We have been assured that after some time things will be accommodated,” said Patel, as per CNN-News 18.

An MoS (Independent Charge) is a junior minister in the Union Council of Ministers. The hierarchy is such: Cabinet ministers, MoS (Independent Charge), and MoS.

Guests have started arriving at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of PM-designate Narendra Modi and the Union Council of Ministers. Around 8,000 guests have been invited to the ceremony.

The ceremony will take place at 7:15 pm.

While several of those dropped, such as Smriti, lost Lok Sabha elections, some have been dropped despite winning the elections, such as Thakur and Narayan Tatu Rane.

In the 2nd Modi Ministry, Smriti held the Minority Affairs and Women and Child Development portfolios whereas Thakur held Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports portfolios. Rane was the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

As per the CNN-News 18, here are all those ministers from the 2nd Modi Ministry who have been dropped this time:

Cabinet ministers:

Arjun Munda
Smriti Irani
Anurag Thakur
Narayan Tatu Rane
Raj Kumar Singh
Mahendra Nath Pandey
Parshottam Rupala

Ministers of State:

Faggansingh Kulaste
Ashwini Kumar Chaubey
VK Singh
Danve Raosaheb
Niranjan Jyoti
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Bhanu Pratap Singh
Darshana hardosh
V Muraleedharan
Meenakashi Lekhi
Som Parkash
Kailash Choudhary
Rameshwar Teli
A NarayanSwamy
kaushal Kishor
Ajay Kumar
kapil Patil
Subhas Sarkar
Pratima Bhoumik
Bhagwat Karad
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Bharti Pawar
Bishweswar Tudu
Dr Munjapara
John Baria
Nisith Pramanik
Kailash Chaudhry

In a post on X (formerly Twitter) G Kishan Reddy has thanked PM-designate Narendra Modi for inducting him into the new Cabinet.

Sharing the formal letter informing that he is being inducted into the Cabinet, Reddy wrote, “Grateful to Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi ji for recommending my name to the Hon’ble President for appointment as a Cabinet Minister in the Council of Ministers.”

In the 2nd Modi Ministry, Reddy held the Culture, Tourism, and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) portfolios.

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu arrived in New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of PM-elect Narendra Modi. PM-Designate Modi will take the Prime Minister’s oath for the third consecutive term today at 7.15 pm.

Gujarat CM & BJP leader Bhupendra Patel arrived in New Delhi on Sunday afternoon to attend the oath ceremony of PM-designate Narendra Modi this evening.

Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal arrived in New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of PM-elect Narendra Modi.

“Warm welcome to our esteemed guest! PM @cmprachanda of Nepal arrives in New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote on X, formally known as Twitter. “The visit reflects the unique 🇮🇳-🇳🇵ties and will also provide further impetus to our multifaceted relationship,” he added.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi gears up for his third consecutive term, a quick look at the composition of the new Lok Sabha.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) President Chirag Paswan lauded the leadership of PM-elect Narendra Modi and said that the BJP leader had delivered a strong message during the morning meeting.

“Under PM Modi’s leadership, the country has been moving forward at a fast pace for the last 10 years,” Paswan told reporters after the tea meeting.

“Young MPs have a lot to learn from his experience. PM Modi taught us many things. It was a very informal discussion that we had today,” he added.

When asked about India’s growth in recent years, Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay lauded his Indian counterpart’s leadership over the last 10 years.

“Well, to look forward, you look backwards and you see the last ten years, during the last ten years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has grown spectacularly. Infrastructure, the development in infrastructure has been unprecedented- airports, roads, rails, seaways, all of that growth has been spectacular. In the area of FDI, there’s been a lot of FDI, a lot of manufacturing, renewable energy, particularly solar energy, agriculture, and poverty alleviation,” the Bhutanese premier told ANI.

“So to see what’s going to happen in Modi 3.0, you just have to look back to see what has happened. One of the biggest accomplishments has also been the foreign policy, whether it is the immediate region and neighbourhood first policy or even the successful outcome of the G20 under India’s chairmanship. So I can see a lot more growth, I can see a lot more economic growth. I can see a lot more foreign policy successes under Modi 3.0,” he added.

Former Prime Minister of India H D Deve Gowda said that he will be skipping PM Modi’s oath-taking ceremony due to his poor health. “I have written to Shri @narendramodi on the historic occasion of being sworn in for the 3rd straight term, this evening. My frail health does not permit me to be present in person, but I will watch the ceremony on TV. Indian democracy is robust whatever the Congress may say,” the erstwhile premier wrote on X, formally known as Twitter.

After arriving in New Delhi, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina paid a courtesy call to Bharat Ratna and veteran BJP leader LK Advani at the latter’s residence in New Delhi.

Ahead of PM-elect Modi’s swearing-in ceremony, former Finance Minister of India P. Chidambaram shared advice for the new cabinet.

“I hope we will get Ministers who will acknowledge (and then tackle) that there is high unemployment, unacceptable price rise and widespread economic distress,” he wrote on X, formally known as Twitter. “Hon’ble Prime Minister must show the way to his ministers in his first speech in Parliament,” the veteran politician furthered.

Visuals from the 11:30 am meeting started flooding the internet NDA leaders were seen attending the tea meeting at 7 LKM, the residence of PM-designate Narendra Modi.

PM-Designate Modi will take the Prime Minister’s oath for the third consecutive term today at 7.15 pm.

Narendra Modi is expected to take the oath as the Prime Minister of India for a third consecutive term at 7:15 pm at Rashtrapati Bhawan on June 9. This milestone makes Modi only the second person after former PM Jawaharlal Nehru to achieve such a feat.

Yet, all eyes are on which MP-elects from the NDA will make the final cut into Modi’s Cabinet and Council of Ministers. These ministers are also scheduled to take their oath on Sunday. With Modi needing to rely on coalition allies to run his government, the charge of ministries is likely to be distributed in a manner that accommodates them well.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi displays a letter from President Droupadi Murmu, inviting him to form the next Central government, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India, Friday, June 7, 2024 [Manish Swarup/AP Photo]

While PM-elect Modi conducts meeting for his party leaders, Bihar CM and JDU president Nitish Kumar conduct meeting with his party workers at his residence.