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NEW DELHI, JUNE 9
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for a third straight term as the head of the coalition government in a historic event held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening. Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S. Jaishankar—who held key portfolios in the previous government—were also sworn in as ministers.
President Droupadi Murmu administers the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Prime Minister @narendramodi during the swearing-in ceremony at @rashtrapatibhvn #OathCeremony #SwearingInCeremony #ShapathGrahan pic.twitter.com/Wk01bnP8rZ
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President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Modi who equalled the feat of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru to be elected for a third term in a row.
ऐतिहासिक तीसरे कार्यकाल की शपथ लेने पर प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी को बधाई।
आपके कुशल नेतृत्व में पिछले 10 वर्षों में देश ने प्रगति की नई ऊंचाइयों को छुआ है।
और हमें विश्वास है कि आगामी वर्षों में आपका ‘विकसित भारत’ अभियान दुगनी रफ्तार से आगे बढ़ेगा। #JaiHind pic.twitter.com/7taIyKYgN7
— Priti Adani (@AdaniPriti) June 9, 2024
Seventy-two ministers, including 30 cabinet ministers, five with independent charge and 36 ministers of state, also took oath along with Modi. BJP president J.P. Nadda returned to the cabinet after five years, while former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and ex-Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar are the fresh faces in the cabinet.
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Swearing-in-Ceremony of Prime Minister @narendramodi and Union Council of Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan
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BJP leaders Piyush Goyal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav, who were earlier in the Rajya Sabha but have now been elected to the Lok Sabha, were among those retained as ministers. Former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Virendra Kumar, Pralhad Joshi, Giriraj Singh and Jual Oram, all from BJP, were among those sworn in as ministers.
Among the allies of the BJP, which did not get a majority on its own this time, JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy, HAM (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, JD(U) leader Lalan Singh and TDP’s K Ram Mohan Naidu also took the oath of office as ministers.
Over 8,000 guests, including celebrities and foreign dignitaries, attended the swearing-in ceremony of the prime minister and his council of ministers.
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay, Bangladesh President Sheikh Hasina and Vice-President of Seychelles Ahmed Afif were among the special invitees.
Several opposition leader skipped the ceremony even as Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was present.
Modi was elected the head of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government after two full tenures in which the BJP enjoyed a majority on its own. This time he retained power but with a surprising below-par show by the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls as its seat tally fell to 240 from 303, considerably short of the majority mark of 272. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) together won 293 seats, which is a comfortable majority.
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay, Bangladesh President Sheikh Hasina and Vice-President of Seychelles Ahmed Afif were among the dignitaries and special invitees who attended the swearing-in ceremony of the prime minister and his council of ministers.
Cabinet Ministers
Rajnath Singh
Amit Shah
Nitin Gadkari
JP Nadda
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Nirmala Sitharaman
S Jaishankar
Manohar Lal Khattar
HD Kumaraswamy
Piyush Goyal
Dharmendra Pradhan
Jitan Ram Manjhi
Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh
Sarbananda Sonowal
Dr Virendra Kumar
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
Pralhad Joshi
Jual Oram
Giriraj Singh
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Jyotiraditya Scindia
Bhupender Yadav
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Annapurna Devi
Kiren Rijiju
Hardeep Singh Puri
Mansukh Mandaviya
G Kishan Reddy
Chirag Paswan
CR Patil
Ministers of State with Independent Charge:
Rao Inderjit Singh
Jitendra Singh
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav
Jayant Chaudhary
Minister of State
Jitin Prasada
Shripad Naik
Pankaj Chaudhary
Krishan Pal Gurjar
Ramdas Athawale
Ram Nath Thakur
Nityanand Rai
Anupriya Patel
V Somanna
Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
SP Singh Baghel
Shobha Karandlaje
Kirti Vardhan Singh
BL Verma
Shantanu Thakur
Suresh Gopi
L Murugan
Ajay Tamta
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Kamlesh Paswan
Bhagirath Chaudhary
Satish Chandra Dubey
Sanjay Seth
Ravneet Singh Bittu
Durga Das Uikey
Raksha Khadse
Sukanta Majumdar
Savitri Thakur
Tokhan Sahu
Rajbhushan Chaudhary
Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma
Harsh Malhotra
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya
Murlidhar Mohol
George Kurian
Pabitra Margherita