4 ex-CMs, 39 MLA Expected To Be Part of Expanded Cabinet

Prime Minister Modi's new expanded cabinet is set to include at least 43 faces (several new, some getting elevation) and would be be one of the "most inclusive with record representation of SC, ST members", reported news agency ANI. Among the 43, there are at least four former Chief Ministers including Narayan Tatu Rane and Sarbananda Sonowal and 18 Minister of States would be part of the oath-taking ceremony slated at 6 PM July 7, 2021.

Sitting Ministers who tendered their resignations earlier in the day included Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Santosh Gangwar, Labour Minister, Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Chemical and Fertilser, Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Thawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment among others.

Key ministries waiting to welcome new ministers include health, labour, Social Justice & Empowerment, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Women and Child Development among others.

Here’s the full list oath today:

1. Shri Narayan Tatu Rane

2. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

3. Dr. Virendra Kumar

4. Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia

5. Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh

6. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

7. Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras

8. Shri Kiren Rijiju

9. Shri Raj Kumar Singh

10.Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

11.Shri Mansukh Mandaviya

12.Shri Bhupender Yadav

13.Shri Parshottam Rupala

14.Shri G. Kishan Reddy

15.Shri Anurag Singh Thakur

16.Shri Pankaj Choudhary

17.Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel

18.Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel

19.Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar

20.Sushri Shobha Karandlaje

21.Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

22.Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh

23.Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi

24.Smt. Annpurna Devi

25.Shri A. Narayanaswamy

26.Shri Kaushal Kishore

27.Shri Ajay Bhatt

28.Shri B. L. Verma

29.Shri Ajay Kumar

30.Shri Chauhan Devusinh

31.Shri Bhagwanth Khuba

32.Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil

33.Sushri Pratima Bhoumik

34.Dr. Subhas Sarkar

35.Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad

36.Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh

37.Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar

38.Shri Bishweswar Tudu

39.Shri Shantanu Thakur

40.Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai

41.Shri John Barla

42.Dr. L. Murugan

43.Shri Nisith Pramanik

Source: ANI