Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his cabinet on Wednesday with 43 NDA leaders being sworn-in.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Tatu Rane, former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia took oath as Cabinet ministers today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his cabinet on Wednesday with 43 NDA leaders being sworn-in.
While seven ministers were elevated, as many as 12, including Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar, were dropped during the expansion.
Many believe that the Cabinet rejig was done to revamp the administration’s image, which has come in for severe criticism due to its handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
Ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar, education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank", health minister Harsh Vardhan, chemicals and fertilisers minister D V Sadananda Gowda, labour minister Santosh Gangwar, minister of state for women and child Development Debasree Chaudhuri tendered their resignations on Wednesday.
Many believe that the reshuffle was meant to send a clear message that performance is all that matters.
Here’s the list of all the leaders who took oath as Cabinet ministers:
The following leaders were sworn-in as Ministers of State:
The Centre is yet to allocate ministries to these ministers.