Cabinet Reshuffle: From newcomers to NDA allies, full list of 43 ministerial candidates set to take oath today

At least 43 ministers are expected to take oath today at 6 pm as Prime Minister Narendra Modi expands his Cabinet. Ahead of the expansion on Wednesday evening, ministerial probables met Modi at his residence.

Those meeting Modi included BJP's Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Shobha Karandlaje, Sunita Duggal, Meenakshi Lekhi, Bharati Pawar, Shantanu Thakur and Kapil Patil, JD(U)'s R C P Singh, LJP's Pashupati Paras and Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel.

Some ministers of state, including G Kishan Reddy, Parshottam Rupala and Anurag Thakur, were also there, and they may be elevated, sources said.

Sources added that around 43 persons, including those getting a promotion, may take oath, and they will be a mix of youth and those with administrative experience, including former chief ministers.

Here is a complete list of probables expected to take oath:

New faces from BJP

1. Jyotiraditya Scindia
2. Sarbananda Sonowal
3. Virendra Kumar
4. Bhupender Yadav
5. Pankaj Chaudhary
6. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
7. Darshana Vikram Jardosh
8. Meenakshi Lekhi
9. Annapurna Devi Yadav
10. A Narayanswamy
11. Kaushal Kishore
12. Ajay Bhatt
13. Ajay Kumar
14. Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan
15. Shobha Karandlaje
16. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
17. RK Ranjan Singh
18. Bishweswar Tudu
19. Mahendra Munjapara
20. Shantanu Thakur
21. L Murugan
22. Narayan Rane
23. Kapil Patil
24. Ashwini Vaishnav
25.  G Krishan reddy
26. Rajeev Chandrasekhar
27. BL Verma
28. Nisith Pramanik
29. Pratima Bhoumik
30. Bharti Pawar
31. Bhagwanth Khuba
32. SP Singh Baghel
33. Subhas Sarkar
34. John Barla

Promotions

1. Anurag Thakur
2. Kiren Rijiju
3. Parshottam Rupala
4. RK Singh
5. Hardeep Singh Puri
6. Mansukh L Mandaviya

Allies

1. Ram Chandra Pratap Singh - JD(U) 
2. Pashupati Nath Paras - LJP
3. Anupriya Patel - Apna Dal

 

July 07, 2021 at 05:17PM