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PM Narendra Modi NDA Cabinet Live Updates: In the new Cabinet, 30 will hold Cabinet rank, including those from allies like TDP, JD(U), LJP, JDS, and HAM, 35 will be Ministers of State and five Ministers of State with Independent Charge.
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Narendra Modi Cabinet 3.0 Ministers Portfolio Live News Updates: A day after Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India for a third consecutive term, along with his new Cabinet comprising 71 ministers, all eyes are now on who gets assigned which portfolio in NDA 3.0.
The new portfolios are likely to be announced after the NDA holds its first Cabinet meeting on Monday, 10 June. The communique in this regard will be released by the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
In the new Cabinet, 30 will hold Cabinet rank, including those from allies like TDP, JD(U), LJP, JDS, and HAM; 35 will be Ministers of State (MoS) and five Ministers of State with Independent Charge.
BJP’s two key allies the JD(U) and TDP got just one minister post each.
BJP chief JP Nadda will also be part of the new Cabinet.
Among the Union Ministers, six are former chief ministers, namely Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Manohar Lal Khattar, Sarbananda Sonowal, Rajnath Singh, HD Kumaraswamy, and Jitan Ram Manjhi.
So far, only seven women have taken oath as ministers: Nirmala Sitharaman, Annapurna Devi, Anupriya Patel, Raksha Khadse among others.
The Cabinet has 27 ministers from OBC, 10 from Scheduled Castes, 5 from Scheduled Tribes and 5 from minority communities, Hindustan Times reported.
NCP is the first NDA ally likely to not get a Cabinet post.
Hours after actor and BJP MP from Kerala Suresh Gopi told a Malayalam news channel that he wanted to “get relieved from the Cabinet,” the politician clarified his remarks calling it “incorrect.”
“A few media platforms are spreading the incorrect news that I am going to resign from the Council of Ministers of the Modi Government. This is grossly incorrect. Under the leadership of PM @narendramodi Ji we are committed to the development and prosperity of Kerala,” Gopi said in a post on X.
BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the third Narendra Modi ministry. This makes it clear that the BJP is sticking to its earlier announcement that Nadda will be the party chief till June 2024. His term had come to an end in January 2023 but it had been extended till June 2024 in light of the Lok Sabha elections.
This has now sparked speculation about who the next BJP president could be. The speculation further gained steam after a number of leaders who were considered possible successors – such as CR Paatil, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Bhupender Yadav – were all included in the Union cabinet. Read the full story here
After swearing-in as a Minister of State (MoS) in the third Modi government on 9 June, actor and BJP MP from Kerala Suresh Gopi indicated that he wanted to “get relieved from the Cabinet.”
“I want to work as an MP. My stand was that I didn’t want it. I had told (the party) that I was not interested in it. I think I will be relieved soon…The people of Thrissur know very well. I will perform very well as an MP. I want to act in films. Let the party decide…” Gopi told Malayalam channel Manorama news.
Lashing out at Gopi, the Kerala Congress’ unit asked, “Why this mockery of voters? Why don’t you tell your MP to first decide what he wants to do in life and most importantly stop this show in front of the media after taking oath in the name of God and the Constitution?”.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Narendra Modi for being sworn in as prime minister of India for a third term.
“Felicitations to @narendramodi on taking oath as the Prime Minister of India,” he took to X to say.
Cabinet minister S Jaishankar conducted a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following the swearing-in ceremony on Sunday.
Union Minister S Jaishankar met Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, one of the invitees of the swearing-in ceremony held on Sunday.
“Delighted to call on President Dr Mohamed Muizzu of Maldives today in New Delhi. Look forward to India and Maldives working together closely,” Jaishankar tweeted.
After being sworn in as the prime minister for a third term, Narendra Modi signed his first file authorising the release of the 17th instalment of PM Kisan Nidhi, which is meant to benefit over 9 crore farmers and distribute Rs 20,000 crore.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called on Cabinet minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence ahead of the first meeting of the new government on Monday, 10 June.
Adityanath is said to have congratulated Shah on taking oath as a minister in the Cabinet.
As many as five Cabinet ministers and eight Ministers of State from the five south Indian states – Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh – were sworn into the Modi 3.0 government on Sunday, 9 June.
Two ministerial posts were given to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and one to Janata Dal (Secular), both of whom are the major regional allies of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Who are they? Find out here.
Who are the surprise entries this time?
1. JP Nadda: Jagat Prakash Nadda, currently the president of the BJP, served as the Health Minister in the first Modi Cabinet in 2014. Nadda’s swearing in as a Cabinet Minister is surprising, considering the BJP’s performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
2. Manohar Lal Khattar: Former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar also took oath as the Cabinet Minister.
3. Sell Oram: One of BJP’s tallest leaders in Odisha, Oram took oath as a Minister for the first time in 1998 when the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee created the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
4. Lalan Singh: Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh), the JD(U) MP from Munger in Bihar. A close aide of CM Nitish Kumar, this is Lalan Singh’s first stint as a Union Cabinet Minister.
Now that the oath-taking ceremony is over, the focus has shifted to portfolio allocation and who gets what. The communique in this regard will be released by Rashtrapati Bhawan soon. Stay tuned as we bring to you live updates!
Along with PM Modi, 71 ministers took oath out of which 60 are BJP leaders, two each from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Janata Dal United (JDU), and one each from the Janata Dal (Secular), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), Shiv Sena (SHS), Apna Dal (Soneylal), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP-Ramvilas Paswan), and Republican Party of India (RPI).
While 30 MPs were inducted as Union Ministers, 41 others took oath as Ministers of State (MoS). Who are the ministers who took oath on Sunday? Find out here.
The oath-taking ceremony took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday 9 June. PM Modi took an oath for a third consecutive term, only the second PM after Jawaharlal Nehru to do so. The oath of office was administered by President Draupadi Murmu at the Bhavan’s Forecourt. Read here
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