Narendra Modi swearing-in ceremony today: First list of probable Cabinet ministers includes Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Rajnath Singh

Smriti Irani, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Piyush Goyal, Ramdas Athawale, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Prahlad Joshi, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Babul Supriyo, Nitin Gadkari, Nityananda Rai, Sanjeev Baliyan, Anupriya Patel, Thawar Chand Gehlot and Harsimrat Kaur are likely to be a part of the new Narendra Modi Cabinet, even as several hopefuls wait to be part of the government ahead of the swearing-in ceremony today at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

A file photo of Smriti Irani. PTI

Modi, who is all set for a second term, earlier in the day paid tribute at the National War Memorial ahead of a star-studded swearing-in ceremony. Accompanied by Sitharaman, Modi met the three service chiefs at the memorial.

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The tentative list shows that Modi favours continuity since he has maintained most of the names from the previous Cabinet. Arun Jaitley is not on the list since the former finance minister requested to be kept out of the new Cabinet. It should be noted that this is not the full list of ministers. The full official list of Cabinet ministers will be released after the swearing-in ceremony concludes.

Here is the first list of ministers who will be part of the Narendra Modi government

1. Sadananda Gowda, Bengaluru North MP
2. Rajnath Singh , Lucknow MP
3. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bikaner MP
4. Prakash Javadekar, Rajyasabha
5. Ramdas Athavle
6. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Rajya Sabha
7. Babul Supriyo, Asansol MP
8. Suresh Angadi, Belgam MP
9. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
10. Dr Jitendra Singh
11. Piyush Goyal , Rajya Sabha
12. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Patna MP
13. Kishan Reddy, MP From Telangana
14. Prahlad Joshi (Dharwad,Karnataka)
15. Nirmala Sitharaman Rajya Sabha
16. Smriti Irani Amethi MP
17. Prahlad Patel , Damoh MP
18. Raveendranath, AIADMK, Theni MP (TN)
19. Purshotam Rupala, Rajya Sabha
20. Mansukh Mandavia , Palitana MP
21. Rao Inderajit , Gurugram MP
22. Krishan Pal Gurjar, Faridabad MP
23. Anupriya Patel, Apna Dal
24. Kiren Rijiju, Arunachal West
25. Kailash Chaudhry, Barmer MP
26. Sanjeev Baliyan, Mujaffarnagar MP
27. RCP Singh , JDU MP, Rajya Sabha
28. Nityanand Rai, Ujiyarpur MP, Bihar
29. Thawar Chand Gehlot, Shahjahanpur MP
30. Debashree Chaudhuri, Raiganj MP
31. Ramesh Pokhiriyal Nishank, Haridwar MP
32. Mansukh Vasava , Bharuch, Gujarat.
33. Rameshwar Teli, Dibrugarh MP
34. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Sad, Bathinda MP
35. Sushma Swaraj
36. Som Prakash , Hoshiarpur MP (Punjab)
37. Santosh Gangwar. Bareilly MP (UP)
38. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
39. Arwind Sawant, Shivsena , Mumbai South MP
40. Narendra Singh Tomar, Muraina MP, Madhya Pradesh
41. Subrat Pathak, Kannauj MP
42. Ramvilas Paswan, LJP Leader , Rajya Sabha

This list will be updated