Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India

Modi matches record set by India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru

The event marked commencement of the 18th Lok Sabha Assembly

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.

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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:

1. Rajnath Singh
2. Amit Shah
3. Nitin Gadkari
4. JP Nadda
5. Shivraj Singh Chouhan
6. Nirmala Sitharaman
7. Jaishankar
8. Manohar Lal Khattar
9. HD Kumaraswamy
10. Piyush Goyal
11. Dharmendra Pradhan
12. Jitan Ram Manjhi
13. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh
14. Sarbananda Sonowal
15. Virendra Kumar
16. Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
17. Pralhad Joshi
18. Jual Oram
19. Giriraj Singh
20. Ashwini Vaishnaw
21. Jyotiraditya Scindia
22. Bhupender Yadav
23. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
24. Annapurna Devi
25. Kiren Rijiju
26. Hardeep Singh Puri
27. Mansukh Mandaviya
28. Kishan Reddy
29. Chirag Paswan
30. CR Patil
31. Rao Inderjit Singh
32. Jitendra Singh
33. Arjun Ram Meghwal
34. Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav
35. Jayant Chaudhary
36. Jitin Prasada
37. Shripad Naik
38. Pankaj Chaudhary
39. Krishan Pal Gurjar
40. Ramdas Athawale
41. Ram Nath Thakur
42. Nityanand Rai
43. Anupriya Patel
44. Somanna
45. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
46. SP Singh Baghel
47. Shobha Karandlaje
48. Kirti Vardhan Singh
49. BL Verma
50. Shantanu Thakur
51. Suresh Gopi
52. Murugan
53. 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.