India’s Narendra Modi sworn in as country’s prime minister for a third term
Modi was followed by senior ministers in the previous government: Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Piyush Goyal, among others, whose portfolios are yet to be announced.
Photo Credit -Sipra Das /Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, 9th June 2024
Narendra Modi was sworn-in as prime minister for the third consecutive term, along with his 71 ministers, on Sunday evening.
In the new coalition government, besides Narendra Modi, 30 Cabinet Ministers, five Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 36 Ministers of State were administered the oath of secrecy and office by President Droupadi Murmu. Narendra Modi became the first person after former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to be elected as PM for the third consecutive term.
Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar – all ministers in the Modi 2.0 Cabinet – took oath as cabinet ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Political veterans, business leaders, celebrities and actors were among people who attended the ceremony.
Council of Ministers: Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar; ML Khattar, HD Kumaraswamy, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Rajeev Ranjan Singh, Sarbanand Sonowal and Dr Virendra Kumar among others took oath.
Members from allies sworn-in
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy, HAM (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’, TDP’s K Ram Mohan Naidu and LJP-RV leader Chirag Paswan took oath as Cabinet ministers. Each of these five allies got one cabinet berth each.
News Mania Desk /Photo Credit -Sipra Das (National Consulting Photo Editor)
9th June 2024,Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
