Pic: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses BJP MPs at Lok Kalyan Marg residence ahead of cabinet expansion.PM Modi Union Cabinet Expansion 2021 Live Updates: In a mega cabinet reshuffle, 42 MPs and Tamil Nadu BJP chief L Murugan today took oath as minsters. Of which, 15 are cabinet ministers and 28 are Minister of State. There are seven women in the new cabinet. In a major outreach towards OBC and SC/STs, the new Modi cabinet has record representation from the communities. The much-anticipated mega cabinet reshuffle of NDA 2.0 took place at Rashtrapati Bhawan. In a major development just ahead of the expansion, 13 union ministers – education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, health minister Harsh Vardhan, animal and husbandry minister Pratap Sarangi, women and child welfare minister Debasree Chaudhuri and labour minister Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre, Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, MoS Jal Shakti and Social Justice and Empowerment Ratan Lal Kataria, Asansol MP and MoS Environment, Forest & Climate Babul Supriyo, Jalna MP and MoS for Consumer Affairs Raosaheb Patil Danve, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and MoS Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Choubey have resigned from their respective post. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inducted some new faces while there may be a change of portfolios for some.
The cabinet reshuffle took place after around a month-long deliberations which saw PM Modi hold meetings with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda in the national capital. The PM also assessed the performance of different ministries. The reshuffle comes keeping in mind the future political challenges including assembly elections due next year, the backlash over the government’s COVID-19 handling and the 2024 general elections where PM Modi will seek a third straight term in office. Some prominent names that may be inducted into the Cabinet include Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal, Anupriya Patel, Narayan Rane, Bhupendra Yadav among others. Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) has also find a place in the restructured cabinet. Rebel LJP leader Pashupati Paras has also been included in the cabinet.
Former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has been included in the cabinet.
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Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Swearing in ceremony concludes
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Nisith Pramanik, BJP MP from Bengal's Cooch Behar, takes oath as Minister of State. Pramanik had contested West Bengal Assembly election successfully fron Dinhata and later resigned to continue as a member of Lok Sabha.
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Tamil Nadu BJP President and Dr L Murugan takes oath as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: John Barla, BJP MP from West Bengal, swears in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Dr Munjapara Mahendrabhai, BJP Gujarat MP, takes oath as minister of state
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Bengal BJP MP Shantanu Thakur, a prominent Matua face, takes oath as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Bishweswar Tudu, BJP Odisha MP, takes oath as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, BJP MP from Maharashtra, takes oath as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Manipur MP Rajkumar Ranjan Singh takes oath as Minister of State. He is one of the northeast faces in the Modi cabinet.
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Maharashtra Rajya Sabha MP Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad takes oath as minister of state
Union Cabinet Reshuffle Live Updates: Dr Subhas Sarkar, MP from West Bengal, takes oath as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Reshuffle Live Updates: Pratima Bhoumik, MP from Tirupra, takes oath as Minister of State. She is one of the four MPs from northeast who has been inducted into the Modi cabinet.
Union Cabinet Reshuffle Live Updates: BJP's OBC face from Maharashtra Kapil Moreshwar Patil takes oath as Minister of State. He is a Lok Sabha MP for Maharashtra's Bhiwandi.
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: BJP Karnataka MP Bhagwanth Khuba takes oath as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: BJP Gujarat MP Chauhan Devusinh takes oath as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: BJP Uttar Pradesh MP Ajay Kumar takes oath as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Rajya Sabha MP BL Verma takes oath as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Uttarakhand BJP MP Ajay Bhatt swears-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Uttar Pradesh BJP MP Kaushal Kishore swears-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Karnataka BJP MP A Narayanaswamy sworn-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Jharkhand BJP MP Annapurna Devi sworn-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: BJP Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi sworn-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: BJP Gujarat MP Darshana Vikram Jardosh swears-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: BJP Uttar Pradesh MP Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma sworn-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Shobha Karandlaje sworn-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Rajeev Chandrasekhar swears in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Prof Satya Pal Singh Baghel sworn-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Anupriya Singh Patel swears in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Pankaj Choudhary sworn-in as Minister of State
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Anurag Singh Thakur sworn-in as cabinet minister, to be promoted
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates:G Kishen Reddy sworn-in as cabinet minister
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Parshottam Rupala sworn-in as cabinet minister
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Bhupender Yadav, BJP's man of all seasons, takes oath of office
Union Cabinet Reshuffle Live Updates: Mansukh Mandaviya takes oath of office
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Hardeep Singh Puri takes oath as a minister of new Modi cabinet
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Raj Kumar Singh swear-in as a cabinet minister
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Kiren Rijiju takes oath as a cabinet minister
Union Cabinet Reshuffle Live Updates: Pashu Pati Kumar Paras, rebel LJP leader and uncle of Chirag Paswan takes oath
Union Cabinet Reshuffle Live Updates: Ashwini Vaishnav takes oath
Union Cabinet Expansion Live Updates: Ram Chandra Prasad Singh takes oath as cabinet minister