New Delhi: Smriti Irani, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Prakash Javadekar, Babul Supriyo and several other names were among more than 40 BJP leaders to receive a call-up for Narendra Modi’s second cabinet. Among the names are also leaders of other NDA constituents, including Shiv Sena, JD(U), Akali Dal, LJP and AIADMK.

Sources said the leaders received phone calls to the effect on Thursday morning, hours before the swearing-in ceremony. However, the official portfolio distribution and the list of Union ministers and Ministers of State was not immediately announced.

Ministers selected for the oath of office will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence at 4.30 pm, shortly before the swearing-in ceremony.

Earlier in the morning, the prime minister held a final round of consultations with BJP president Amit Shah to give shape to his council of ministers before sending the list to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Capping a landslide election victory, Modi will take oath along with his new council of ministers at 7 pm.

Here’s a list of leaders who have received the all-important phone call till now:

1) Amit Shah
2) Arjun Ram Meghwal
3) Nitin Gadkari
4) Prakash Javadekar
5) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
6) Ramdas Athawale
7) Piyush Goyal
8) Ravi Shankar Prasad
9) Babul Supriyo
10) Jitendra Singh
11) Nirmala Sitharaman
12) Rao Inderjit
13) Raveendranath Kumar
14) Kiren Rijiju
15) Suresh Angadi
16) Kishan Reddy
17) Prahlad Joshi
18) Purshottam Rupala
19) Mansukh Mandaviya
20) Debasree Chaudhuri
21) Ram Vilas Paswan
22) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
23) Santosh Gangwar
24) Som Prakash
25) Rameshwar Teli
26) Ramesh Pokhriyal
27) Rajnath Singh
28) Sushma Swaraj
29) Anupriya Patel
30) Kailash Chaudhary
31) Krishan Pal Gurjar
32) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
33) Arvind Sawant
34) Dharmendra Pradhan
35) V K Singh
36) Subrat Pathak
37) Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
38) Narendra Singh Tomar
39) Sanjeev Balyan
40) Ramchandra Prasad Singh
41) Nityanand Rai
42) Thawar Chand Gehlot
43) Smriti Irani
44) Prahlad Patel
45) Sadananda Gowda
46) Giriraj Singh
47) Mansukh Vasava
48) Renuka Singh
49) Hardeep Puri
50) Shripad Yesso Naik
51) Rattan Lal Kataria
52) Dr Harsh Vardhan
53) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
54) V Muraleedharan
55) Pratap Sarangi
56) Anurag Thakur
57) S Jaishankar


As the party geared up for the celebrations, Shah's Akbar Road residence was decked up. BJP general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal was among those who met Shah at his residence.

Modi and Shah have held several rounds of discussions in the last two days ahead of government formation.

Sources said Modi government 2.0 is likely to showcase the party's newfound strength in different regions. The BJP has refrained from making any official comment about the likely members of the government, with its leaders asserting that it is the prime minister's prerogative.

The swearing-in ceremony in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan is expected to be grand affair with about 8,000 guests, including leaders from the BIMSTEC countries, opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, chief ministers, corporate honchos and film stars, watching as President Ram Nath Kovind administers the oath of office and secrecy to 68-year-old Modi and his ministerial colleagues.