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PM Modi Cabinet Reshuffle LATEST News and Updates: Bhoumik comes from a humble background, and practises farming. She holds a graduate degree in Bio-Science from Women’’s College, Tripura University. Rising from a humble background and winning the Lok Sabha polls seven times from Madhya Pradesh, BJP MP Virendra Kumar Khatik has become the new Social Justice and Empowerment minister as he staged a comeback in the Union Council of Ministers after a gap of two years. Paras, a politician with more than four decades of experience, has spent the larger part of his career under the shadow of his late brother and former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan. Among the 36 new faces in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ s council of ministers, eight are lawyers, four are doctors, two former IAS officers and four MBA degree holders, besides several engineers, making it an eclectic mix of professionals. Apart from addressing regional and community aspirations, the focus it seems has been on bringing in highly qualified members and those with experience of administration in states in an effort to reboot the government midway in its term. Piyush Goyal will keep Commerce; he will also hold Consumer and Food Welfare and Textiles. Ashwini Vaishnaw has been given the portfolio of railways, IT and communication. The 1994-batch IAS Officer from Odisha cadre, Vaishnaw rose to prominence through his meticulous service when the state was hit by a super cyclone in 1999. Back then, he spent his long shifts tracking the cyclone on US Navy website and followed it up by intimating Chief Secretary’s office on regular intervals. The 1994-batch IAS Officer from Odisha cadre, Vaishnaw rose to prominence through his meticulous service when the state was hit by a super cyclone in 1999. Back then, he spent his long shifts tracking the cyclone on US Navy website and followed it up by intimating Chief Secretary’s office on regular intervals. The average age of the new council of ministers has reduced to 58 years from 61 years previously following a cabinet reshuffle. As many as 43 ministers are likely to take oath in a major cabinet expansion-cum-reshuffle drive on Wednesday evening sources said, after several Union ministers including Harsh Vardhan and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank resigned and a number of new entrants met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence here. President of India Ram Nath Kovind, as advised by Narendra Modi, has accepted the resignation of 12 members of the Council of Ministers, including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar Ahead of the reshuffle, Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan has resigned, reports News18. This comes at a time as India prepares for the third wave of COVID-19, while still reeling under the aftereffects of the second wave Sources told News18 that three ministers have resigned hours before the reshuffle. They include: Labour minister Santosh Gangwar, HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and MoS Women and Child Development Debasree Chaudhuri The expanded Union Cabinet will have 12 Scheduled Castes minister, 8 Scheduled Tribes ministers and 27 ministers from Other Backward Classes (Yadav kurmi, darji, jat gujjar, khandayat, Bhandari, bairagi, thakur, koli vokkaliga, tulu gowda, mallah), according to CNN-News18. Five ministers will be from minorities including Muslim, Sikh, Christian and Buddhists. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to effect the first reshuffle in his Council of Ministers on Wednesday since he assumed the charge for a second term, in what is tipped to be a “major shake-up” of the government as he looks to make it more representative with an eye on political and governance challenges. BJP leaders Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Narayan Rane, all of whom are being seen as probables for induction as ministers in the Modi government, arrived in the national capital on Tuesday. In another pointer to the imminent Cabinet reshuffle, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot was appointed as Karnataka governor, causing yet another ministerial vacancy. JD(U) leader RCP Singh and LJP’s Pashupati Kumar Paras, both of whom are expected to represent the BJP’s allies in the government, also reached from Bihar. All of them remained tight-lipped to queries about their possibility of joining the government. Rane told reporters that he had not received any call about his joining the government. Leaders of the LJP faction headed by Paras said he had received a call from Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday but claimed that it was related to the birth anniversary of party founder Ram Vilas Paswan. The exercise comes against the backdrop of a massive review, which has stretched for weeks, undertaken by the BJP top brass of the works of Union ministers and the organisation against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. A BJP leader said the reshuffle is expected to be a “big shake-up” with Modi addressing political challenges, including the assembly polls in five states early next year, and governance issues. Representation of BJP MPs from West Bengal and the Northeast may go up, according to PTI. Another BJP ally All India Jharkhand Students’ Union may also get a berth, sources said as the BJP looks to boost its partners’ representation in the ministry after its old allies like Shiv Sena and Shiromani Akali Dal severed their ties with it. Ramadas Athavale, a junior minister, is the only BJP ally in the government as of now. The current strength of the Council of Ministers is 53, including Modi, and its maximum number can be 81. Against the massive review exercise within the central government and the party machinery, the prime minister may go for new faces with an eye on grooming younger leaders while also factoring in caste and regional balances. The reshuffles undertaken by Modi so far, all in his first term, have also seen some ministers being dropped or removed from key portfolios on account of their performance. The prime minister has also sprung surprises in the past by inducting those with apolitical background, like S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, as ministers. Names of Bhupender Yadav, Anil Baluni, Sudhanshu Trivedi are doing the rounds while BJP MPs Sushil Modi, Ashwini Vaishnav and GVL Narasimha Rao are also being mentioned as probables. BJP general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh met party president JP Nadda in the evening. Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje also met Santhosh. With Gehlot set to quit as an MP after becoming governor, his departure will also leave the key post of the leader of the House in Rajya Sabha vacant. It will leave one more position vacant in the BJP’s Parliamentary Board, the party’s apex body, where he is the only Dalit leader.
PM Modi Cabinet Reshuffle News Updates: Pratima Bhoumik first resident of Tripura to become Union minister in Independent India
PM Modi Cabinet Reshuffle LIVE News Updates: Bhoumik comes from a humble background, and practises farming. She holds a graduate degree in Bio-Science from Women’’s College, Tripura University
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Pratima Bhoumik first Tripura resident to become Union minister in Independent India
Bhoumik, 52, is a Lok Sabha MP for Tripura West in Tripura, serving her first term as MP. She comes from a humble background, and practises farming. She holds a graduate degree in Bio-Science from Women’’s College, Tripura University.
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Virendra Kumar Khatik becomes social justice and empowerment minister
Rising from a humble background and winning the Lok Sabha polls seven times from Madhya Pradesh, BJP MP Virendra Kumar Khatik has become the new Social Justice and Empowerment minister as he staged a comeback in the Union Council of Ministers after a gap of two years.
He replaced Thawar Chand Gehlot, who was appointed Karnataka governor ahead of the reshuffle on Wednesday.
Khatik staged a comeback in the Union Council of Ministers after a gap of two years. He has in the past served as Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs.
Khatik (67) later completed his Ph.D on a subject related to child labour and plunged into politics. A veteran Lok Sabha MP, his big break came in September 2017 when he was made the Minister of State for Women and Child Development in the first Modi government.
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Council of ministers more socially representative, generational shift visible
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has boosted the representation of backward castes, dalits, tribals and women in his Council of Ministers in a big shake-up of his government with a focus on politically crucial states, including the all-important Uttar Pradesh.Through the exercise on Wednesday, he has also sought to boost governance quotient by bringing in a mix of young and experienced faces and dropping 12 ministers.
A generational shift was also visible in the revamped ministry with many veterans like Harsh Vardhan, who had drawn flak for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as health minister, Prakash Javadekar, D V Sadananda Gowda and Ravi Shankar Prasad making way for new faces in the Cabinet.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is now the only minister in the current government who had also served in the Vajpayee government during 1998-2004. The expansion is also a nod to the BJP’s increasing geographical expanse as more states and regions have found representation in the Modi government while big states like West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka have seen their presence boosted significantly.
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Thank PM, tweets Scindia after getting aviation ministry portfolio
I thank Prime Minister Sh @narendramodi ji, @JPNadda ji & the party leadership for entrusting me with the responsibility to serve as Civil Aviation Minister.Looking forward to working under the guidance & vision of the PM to build a strong aviation sector for Aatmanirbhar Bharat!
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) July 7, 2021
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Pashupati Kumar Paras gets key food processing ministry
Pashupati Kumar Paras, MP from Hajipur, was on Wednesday inducted in the Narendra Modi-led government as cabinet minister and given the charge of the key Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The portfolio was earlier with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
The ministry has assumed more significance in the recent years as the government is focusing on raising the processing level of fruits and vegetables to reduce wastage. The central government is also developing several mega food parks across the country with an aim to create jobs and expand the market for processed food.
Paras, a politician with more than four decades of experience, has spent the larger part of his career under the shadow of his late brother and former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
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Health, pharma allocated to same minister to bring synergy: Centre
The Centre on Wednesday said health and pharma portfolios have been allocated to the same Cabinet Minister to bring critically needed synergy between the two in the middle of a global pandemic.
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PM’s new ministers an eclectic mix of professionals
Among the 36 new faces in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ s council of ministers, eight are lawyers, four are doctors, two former IAS officers and four MBA degree holders, besides several engineers, making it an eclectic mix of professionals. Apart from addressing regional and community aspirations, the focus it seems has been on bringing in highly qualified members and those with experience of administration in states in an effort to reboot the government midway in its term.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, a Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha, is a former IAS officer of the 1994 batch. The 50-year-old also has an MBA from Wharton School, Pennysylvania University and MTech from IIT Kanpur. Among the new faces with management skills is former Congress leader and now BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya M Scindia who is serving his fifth term as a parliamentarian.
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PM to monitor science and tech
Prime MInister Narendra Modi will himself monitor MInistry of Science and Technology, the Centre announced on Wednesday.
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Bring in synergies, says Centre
The Centre on Wednesday said while there are 53 Union ministries these will be handled only by 30 Cabinet ministers and 2 MoS with Independent Charge. This is being done to bring in synergies between ministries which have similar or overlapping domains, the Centre added
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Cabinet and Council of Minister meet tomorrow: ANI
Meetings of Cabinet Ministers and Council of Ministers (CoM) to be held tomorrow, July 8, at 5 pm and 7 pm respectively, news agency ANI reported while quoting sources.
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Who gets what
Smriti Irani gets Women’s Development Welfare Ministry.
Piyush Goyal will keep Commerce; he will also hold Consumer and Food Welfare and Textiles.
Bhupendra Yadav gets Labour Ministry and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
G Kishan Reddy gets consolidated charge of the Culture Ministry, the Northeast and the tourism department
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Who gets what
Purshottam Rupala gets Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Meenakshi Lekhi becomes Ministry of State in External Affairs and Culture Ministry.
Anurag Singh Thakur gets Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Giriraj Singh gets Ministry of Rural Development.
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Amit Shah gets Ministry of Cooperation portfolio
Home minister Amit Shah has been give the Ministry of Cooperation portfolio,
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Ashwini Vaishnaw given railways, IT portfolio
Ashwini Vaishnaw has been given the portfolio of railways, IT and communication. The 1994-batch IAS Officer from Odisha cadre, Vaishnaw rose to prominence through his meticulous service when the state was hit by a super cyclone in 1999. Back then, he spent his long shifts tracking the cyclone on US Navy website and followed it up by intimating Chief Secretary’s office on regular intervals.
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Mansukh Mandaviya is new health minister
Manukh Mandaviya is the new health minister. In 2019, Mandaviya took charge of the Shipping Ministry Friday as Minister of State (Independent Charge). The 49-year-old was Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways; Chemical and Fertilisers and Shipping in the previous Narendra Modi-led government. Mandaviya, who hails from Bhavnagar district in Gujarat, is a businessman, agriculturist, political and social worker.
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Who gets what
Dharmendra Pradhan gets ministries of education and skill development.
Ashwini Vaishnaw gets railways, IT and communication.
Hardeep Singh Puri gets ministries of urban development, housing and petroleum.
Jyotiraditya Scindia gets the ministry of civil aviation.
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We will continue working to fulfil aspirations of the people: Narendra Modi
“I congratulate all the colleagues who have taken oath today and wish them the very best for their ministerial tenure. We will continue working to fulfill the aspirations of the people and build a strong and prosperous India,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted after the ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan.
I congratulate all the colleagues who have taken oath today and wish them the very best for their ministerial tenure. We will continue working to fulfil aspirations of the people and build a strong and prosperous India. #Govt4Growth pic.twitter.com/AVz9vL77bO
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 7, 2021
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Assam grateful to PM for inducting Sonowal in Union Cabinet: CM
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inducting Sarbananda Sonowal into the Union Cabinet. He extended his best wishes to Sonowal.
My sincere gratitude to you Aadarniya PM Sri @narendramodi for giving Assam the great honor by inducting Sri @sarbanandsonwal as a Cabinet Minister in Union Cabinet.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 7, 2021
Assam is elated today. We're proud & grateful to you.@PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/JMdfzIORRK
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Amit Shah congratulates 43 ministers who took oath today
मंत्रिपद की शपथ लेने वाले सभी साथियों को बधाई।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) July 7, 2021
मुझे विश्वास है कि @narendramodi जी के नेतृत्व में पूरा मंत्रिमंडल पूर्ण निष्ठा व समपर्ण से सरकार की कल्याणकारी नीतियों को जन-जन तक पहुँचाने व आत्मनिर्भर भारत के संकल्प को साकार करने में अपना सर्वश्रेष्ठ योगदान देगा। #Govt4Growth
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Average age of new council of ministers reduces to 58 years from 61 years
The average age of the new council of ministers has reduced to 58 years from 61 years previously following a cabinet reshuffle. Nisith Pramanik (35), the Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal’s Cooch Behar, is the youngest minister to be sworn in, while the oldest member in the council of ministers is 72-year-old Som Parkash. There are 77 members in the council of ministers now.
Other ministers below 50 years of age in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet are — Smriti Irani (45), Kiren Rijiju (49), Mansukh Mandaviya (49), Kailash Choudhary (47), Sanjeev Balyan (49), Anurag Thakur (46), Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar (42), Anupriya Singh Patel (40), Shantanu Thakur (38), John Barla (45) and Dr L Murugan (44).
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Portfolios to be announced later tonight, say reports
A total of 15 individuals were sworn in as ministers in the Union Cabinet and another 28 as ministers of state (MoS) by President Ram Nath Kovind. India Today citing unnamed sources reported the portfolios will be announced tonight itself once the Cabinet expansion exercise is complete.
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SP Singh Baghel, BL Verma: Two prominent OBC faces from UP
SP Singh Baghel and BL Verma who made it to the Union council of ministers on Wednesday are two prominent OBC leaders from Uttar Pradesh.
SP Singh Baghel: A five-time MP, Satya Pal Singh Baghel currently represents Agra in the Lok Sabha as a BJP MP. A party-hopper, 61-year-old Baghel was a member of the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999, and 2004 as a Samajwadi Party MP, representing the Jalesar seat in Uttar Pradesh.
After three terms as an MP, Baghel was suspended from the SP. He then unsuccessfully contested two Lok Sabha elections as a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate. In 2014, Baghel was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a BSP nominee.
BL Verma: A first-time Union minister, Verma was earlier president of the Braj region unit of the saffron party. A prominent leader among the OBC communities, especially the Lodhi community in western UP, he is considered close to former chief minister Kalyan Singh.
At present, Verma holds the post of chairman of UP State Construction and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, enjoying the rank and status of a minister of state.
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Statewise list of newly sworn-in Union ministers
State | New Ministers |
Uttar Pradesh | 1. Hardeep Singh Puri 3. Ajay Kumar 4. Anupriya Patel 5. Satya Pal Singh Baghel 6. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 7. Kaushal Kishore 8. BL Verma |
Gujarat | 1. Mansukh Mandaviya 2. Parshottam Rupala 3. Darshana Vikram Jardosh 4. Chauhan Devusinh 5. Munjapara Mahendrabhai |
West Bengal | 1. Subhas Sarkar 2. Shantanu Thakur 3. Nisith Pramanik 4. John Barla |
Karnataka | 1. Rajeev Chandrasekhar 2. Shobha Karandlaje 3. A. Narayanaswamy 4. Bhagwanth Khuba |
Maharashtra | 1. Narayan Rane 4.Bharati Pravin Pawar |
Bihar | 1. Ramchandra Prasad Singh 2. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras 3. Raj Kumar Singh |
Madhya Pradesh | 1. Jyotiraditya Scindia |
Odisha | 1. Ashwini Vaishnaw |
Manipur | Rajkumar Ranjan Singh |
Tamil Nadu | L. Murugan |
Arunchal Pradesh | Kiren Rijiju |
Assam | Sarbananda Sonowal |
Delhi | Meenakshi Lekhi |
Jharkhand | Annpurna Devi |
Uttarakhand | Ajay Bhatt |
Tripura | Pratima Bhoumik |
Rajasthan | Bhupender Yadav |
Telangana | G. Kishan Reddy |
Himachal Pradesh | Anurag Thakur |
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Full list of Ministers of State
1. Pankaj Choudhary
2. Anupriya Singh Patel
3. Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel
4. Rajeev Chandrasekhar
5. Shobha Karandlaje
6. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
7. Darshana Vikram Jardosh
8. Meenakshi Lekhi
9. Annpurna Devi
10. Narayanaswamy
11. Kaushal Kishore
12. Ajay Bhatt
13. B. L. Verma
14. Ajay Kumar
15. Chauhan Devusinh
16. Bhagwanth Khuba
17. Kapil Moreshwar Patil
18. Pratima Bhoumik
19. Subhas Sarkar
20. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
21. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
22. Bharati Pravin Pawar
23. Bishweswar Tudu
24. Shantanu Thakur
25. Munjapara Mahendrabhai
26. John Barla
27. L. Murugan
28. Nisith Pramanik
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Full list of Cabinet ministers
1. Narayan Tatu Rane
2. Sarbananda Sonowal
3. Dr. Virendra Kumar
4. Jyotiraditya M Scindia
5. Ramchandra Prasad Singh
6. Ashwini Vaishnaw
7. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
8. Kiren Rijiju
9. Raj Kumar Singh
10. Hardeep Singh Puri
11. Mansukh Mandaviya
12. Bhupender Yadav
13. Parshottam Rupala
14. G. Kishan Reddy
15. Anurag Singh Thakur
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Four West Bengal leaders sworn in as ministers
Nisith Pramanik, Bisweswar Tudu, Subhas Sarkar and John Barla were administered their oaths by President Ram Nath Kovind.
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Arunachal Pradesh, Assam CMs congratulate newly-elected ministers from their states
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated newly-elected Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal and said he will “continue to learn, and draw strength from him”.
Meanwhile, Arunachal CM Pema Khandu lauded the elevation of Kiren Rijiju to a Cabinet rank. “We eagerly look forward to your tremendous zeal, passion and energy in bringing change,” he tweeted.
I am proud at Sri @sarbanandsonwal getting a berth in the Union Cabinet. I recall with pride my long personal association with Sri Sonowal and great opportunities that we had to work together, for prosperity of Assam.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 7, 2021
I shall continue to learn, and draw strength from him. pic.twitter.com/kHgRToqRI4
Your elevation to the post of a Union Cabinet Minister brings great joy and pride.
— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) July 7, 2021
My best wishes and hearty congratulations Shri @KirenRijiju Ji on being sworn in today.
We eagerly look forward to your tremendous zeal, passion and energy in bringing change. pic.twitter.com/WEkH2hLDxm
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Four North East leaders sworn in as ministers
Tripura West MP Pratima Bhoumik and Inner Manipur MP Rajkumar Ranjan Singh were among the leaders from the North East who took oaths as ministers.
Kiren Rijiju, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, and Assam’s Sarbananda Sonowal are the other ministers from the region.
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Former NCP leader Kapil Patil administered oath
BJP leader Kapil Moreshwar Patil, who was earlier a member of the NCP, was administered the oath along with Jharkhand’s Annapurna Devi, Karnataka’s A Narayanaswamy and UP’s Kaushal Kishore.
BL Verma, Ajay Kumar, Chauhan Devusinh also took oaths as minister.
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Turncoat leaders granted ministerial berths
Jyotiraditya Scindia: Before the Madhya Pradesh leader joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in March 2020, he was a member of the Congress party for almost two decades.
Kapil Moreshwar Patil: The politician joined BJP in 2014. Until then, he was a member of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party. Patil became an MP in 2014 for the first from Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi. He also won the General elections in 2019 from the same constituency. Patil is also the vice-president of Maharashtra BJP since July 2020.
SP Singh Baghel: Former member of the Samajwadi Party, Baghel joined BJP and won 2017 UP assembly elections. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha between 2010 and 2016 from Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party.
Nishith Pramanik: The West Bengal politician joined BJP in 2019 and was formerly a member of Trinamool Congress (TMC). He became an MP from Cooch Behar in the 2019 general elections.
Narayan Rane: The leader joined BJP in 2019 and merged his own outfit Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha with the party. Starting his political career with the Shiv Sena, Rane served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a few months in 1999. He then moved on to the Congress party and served as a minister in the state government.
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Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Lok Sabha member Meenakshi Lekhi take oaths
Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Lok Sabha MP Menakshi Lekhi were administered oaths of office and secrecy.
Shobha Karandlaje, the Lok Sabha MP representing the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency in Karnataka, was also elevated to a ministerial rank.
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Six-term UP MP, Apna Dal leader administered oaths
Six term MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj Pankaj Choudhary was administered the oaths of secrecy and office, followed by BJP ally ApnaDal’s leader Anupriya Patel.
LJP’s Pashupati Paras and JD(U)’s Ram Chandra Pratap Singh are the other leaders belonging to parties that are BJP allied who will be allocated ministerial berths.
#CabinetExpansion2021 | Pankaj Choudhary, Anupriya Singh Patel, and Satya Pal Singh Baghel take oath as ministers. pic.twitter.com/LCBnWLf6pn
— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021
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G Kishan Reddy, Anurag Thakur elevated to Cabinet ranks
Junior ministers G Kishan Reddy and Anurag Thakur have been elevated to Cabinet ranks, while BJP MP from Rajasthan Bhupender Yadav was also sworn in as a Union ministers.
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Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Kiren Rijiju, Mansukh Mandaviya sworn in
Kiren Rijiju, the BJP’s most recognisable face in the Northeast, was sworn in as a Union minister. The Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal West was earlier the Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and Ayush and Minister of State, Minority Affairs.
Erstwhile Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri also took the oath in the presence on President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders and officials.
Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways (I/C) and Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya also took the oaths of office and secrecy.
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Jyotiraditya Scindia, rebel LJP leader Pashupati Paras take oaths as minister
Jyotiraditya Scindia, who jumped camps from Congress to join the BJP, has been given a ministerial berth. Pashupati Paras, who rebelled against LJP leader Chirag Paswan, and was selected the party’s Parliamentary leader by the breakaway faction, took the oaths of office and secrecy.
Ashwini Vaishnav, who was private secretary to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was administered the oath by President Ram Nath Kovind. The former IAS officer had joined the BJP in 2019 and has been a Rajya Sabha MP representing Odisha in the Upper House.
#CabinetExpansion2021 | Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ramachandra Prasad Singh, and Ashwini Vasihnaw take oath as ministers. pic.twitter.com/Q81EwDeJON
— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021
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From newcomers to NDA allies, full list of 43 ministers sworn in today
Six junior ministers have been promoted while three leaders belonging to parties that are BJP allies have also been given ministerial berths.
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New Council of Ministers younger by three years, 14 ministers under 50
While the average age of the outgoing Council of Minister was 61 years, the average age of the new Council of Ministers is 58 years, a govt source told CNN-News18.
“There are 14 young ministers below the age of 50. Of them, at least six are ministers of Cabinet rank,” the source said, adding, “This is yuvaon ki sarkar to innovate and change. The Council of Ministers is energised with youth power.”
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Oath taking ceremony begins
The oath-taking ceremony for 43 ministers of the Union Cabinet commenced with former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane and former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal taking their oaths.
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