New Delhi: In white kurta-pyjama and a grey Nehru jacket, 68-year-old Narendra Damodardas Modi took oath as country’s Prime Minister for a second consecutive term, heading the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the presence of a large gathering of national and international dignitaries. 68-year-old Modi was administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Nath Kovind at a glittering ceremony on the sprawling forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Here’s the full list of the new council of ministers who took oath along with PM Modi:
Cabinet ministers
Rajnath Singh; Amit Shah; Nitin Gadkari; Sadananda Gowda; Nirmala Sitharaman; Ram Vilas Paswan; Narendra Singh Tomar; Ravi Shankar Prasad; Harsimarat Kaur Badal; Thaawarchand Gehlot; S Jaishankar; Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank; Arjun Munda; Smriti Irani; Harsh Vardhan; Prakash Javadekar; Piyush Goel; Dharmendra Pradhan; Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi; Prahlad Joshi; Mahendra Nath Pandey; Arvind Sawant; Giriraj Singh; Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Ministers of state with independent charge
Santosh Kumar Gangwar; Rao Inderjit Singh; Shripad Yesso Naik; Dr Jitendra Singh; RK Singh; Kiren Rijiju; Prahlad Singh Patel; Hardeep Singh Puri; Mansukh Mandaviya.
Ministers of state
Faggan Singh Kulhaste; Ashwini Choubey; Arjun Meghwal
V K Singh; Krishan Pal Gurjar; Raosaheb Danve; G Kishan Reddy; Purshottam Rupala; Ramdas Athawale; Niranjan Jyoti; Babul Supriyo; Sanjeev Balyan; Sanjay Dhotre; Anurag Thakur; Suresh Angadi.
