Modi 3.0 With 72 Ministers Takes Oath, 9 New Faces In Cabinet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath today along with 71 ministers of the new coalition government. Thirty of them are Cabinet Ministers, five hold independent charge, and 36 are Ministers of State. The portfolios will be announced later.

PM Modi, 73, will head a coalition government in his third term, known as Modi 3.0, for the first time since he became Prime Minister in 2014 following a significant "Brand Modi" victory after 10 years of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule. He is the second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to be elected for a third consecutive term.

The oath ceremony is being held on the lawns of Rashtrapati Bhavan, with the weather office forecasting a maximum temperature of 42 degrees Celsius in the national capital.

President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to PM Modi. Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah took oath after him. Nitin Gadkari was the fourth leader to be administered the oath of office by the President. Following them, JP Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar, and Manohar Lal Khattar took their oaths.

HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular), who took oath after Mr. Khattar, was the first leader from any of the BJP's allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to take oath. Soon after, Janata Dal (United) leader Lalan Singh, a close aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, also took oath.

Sarbananda Sonowal was the first leader from the northeast to take oath today, followed by Kiren Rijiju.

Virendra Kumar, a prominent Scheduled Castes face of the BJP and an eight-time MP, was inducted into the Narendra Modi government. He won the election from Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh reserved seat.

Supporters of leaders who have been called to the stage clapped and cheered loudly as they saw their leaders walk towards the mic to be administered the oath by the President.

Jyotiraditya Scindia's induction into the Modi 3.0 council of ministers has cemented his importance in the BJP since he left the Congress four years ago, marking the beginning of his second stint in the Union cabinet.

Hardeep Singh Puri, the former diplomat who helped India navigate through two back-to-back oil crises, was among the ministers sworn in today.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan has solidified his status as the "real" political heir of his father, Ram Vilas Paswan, after he was inducted into the Narendra Modi government today. With this, Chirag Paswan makes a remarkable comeback in Bihar's turbulent political landscape.

Leaders from India's neighbourhood and the Indian Ocean Region, including Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, attended the event.


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