UP gets maximum berths in Modi 2.0 Cabinet\, followed by Maha\, Bihar

UP gets maximum berths in Modi 2.0 Cabinet, followed by Maha, Bihar

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The second Narendra Modi-led government has the maximum representation of 10 faces from the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, including who represents Lok Sabha constituency, followed by seven from and six from

The states of and Odisha gave massive gains to the as it won 303 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha in the national election.

West Bengal, where Assembly polls are due in 2021, gave the saffron party 18 MPs. However, it is being represented by only two ministers-- Babul Supriyo and Debasree Chaudhuri.

Odisha, where the BJP won eight seats, is being represented by and Pradhan has been elected to the upper house from

The new has representation from almost all the states, except and the north-eastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and

Ministers from include Nitin Gadkari, Prakash Javadekar, Piyush Goyal, Arvind Sawant, Danve Patil, and while those from Bihar include Ram Vilas Paswan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Giriraj Singh, R K Singh, Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Nityanand Rai, while those.

sends the maximum of 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha, and Bihar send 48 and 40 MPs respectively.

gave representation to members from Maharashtra, and as the states will be going to polls later this year.

is being represented by while Naqvi, who is a member from the state, hails from

Despite the BJP bagging all seven parliamentary seats in Delhi, only Harsh Vardhan-- the winning from Chandni Chowk-- could find place in the Modi 2.0 cabinet.

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First Published: Fri, May 31 2019. 00:20 IST