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In a historic ceremony today, Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for an unprecedented third term, matching the record set by India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The event marked the commencement of the 18th Lok Sabha Assembly, following the official conclusion of the 17th Lok Sabha Assembly on June 9, 2024.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured its leadership of the central government by winning 293 seats in the recently concluded General Elections. Meanwhile, the opposition, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc, garnered 232 seats for the upcoming parliamentary session.
Alongside Prime Minister Modi, 53 ministers also took the oath of office. However, the specific portfolios for these ministers are yet to be announced. The list of ministers who took the oath includes prominent figures such as Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, and Nirmala Sitharaman.
The complete list of ministers sworn in today is as follows:
- Rajnath Singh
- Amit Shah
- Nitin Gadkari
- JP Nadda
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan
- Nirmala Sitharaman
- Jaishankar
- Manohar Lal Khattar
- HD Kumaraswamy
- Piyush Goyal
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Jitan Ram Manjhi
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh
- Sarbananda Sonowal
- 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
- Kishan Reddy
- Chirag Paswan
- CR Patil
- Rao Inderjit Singh
- Jitendra Singh
- Arjun Ram Meghwal
- Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav
- Jayant Chaudhary
- Jitin Prasada
- Shripad Naik
- Pankaj Chaudhary
- Krishan Pal Gurjar
- Ramdas Athawale
- Ram Nath Thakur
- Nityanand Rai
- Anupriya Patel
- Somanna
- Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
- SP Singh Baghel
- Shobha Karandlaje
- Kirti Vardhan Singh
- BL Verma
- Shantanu Thakur
- Suresh Gopi
- Murugan
- Ajay Tamta
As the new government takes shape, the country looks forward to the policies and initiatives that will be introduced in this new term. The portfolios and specific roles of the newly sworn-in ministers are expected to be announced in the coming days.