Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Shivraj Singh Chouhan Among Probable Cabinet Ministers From BJP, Say Reports; Check List of MPs Likely To Be Inducted in Council of Ministers
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are among the few leaders of the previous government who are likely to continue as ministers and retain their ministries in Modi 3.0. However, neither the BJP nor NDA has officially announced this.
Mumbai, June 8: PM-designate Narendra Modi will take the oath of Prime Minister for a record third term on Sunday, June 9. President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath of office and secrecy to PM-elect Narendra Modi, followed by his Council of Ministers for the third time at 7.15 p.m. Ahead of the oath-taking ceremony; there are several rumours as to who will be part of PM Narendra Modi's new cabinet. It must be noted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the single largest party in the Lok Sabha. The saffron party won 240 seats in the India General Election Results 2024 declared on Tuesday, June 4.
On the other hand, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) enjoys a comfortable majority of 293 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Janata Dal-United having 16 and 12 MPs each. While all eyes will be on the historic oath-taking ceremony, people are also keeping a keen watch to see who will be inducted into PM Narendra Modi's 3.0 cabinet and which party or MP will get which ministry. With the BJP failing to secure an absolute majority of 272 seats, allies such as TDP, JD-U, and Shiv Sena will play key roles in the division of portfolios and securing of cabinet berths. NDA Government Formation 2024: Who Wants Which Ministry? Check Likely List of New Cabinet Ministers.
List of Probable Cabinet Ministers
According to reports, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are among the few leaders of the previous government who are likely to continue as ministers and retain their ministries in Modi 3.0. However, neither the BJP nor NDA has officially announced this. Several reports have claimed that JD-S wants the agriculture portfolio, while the TDP has sought speakers' posts. However, reports also stated that the BJP will likely keep important ministries under its belt while trying to accommodate its allies in the cabinet by rewarding them with Minister of State (MoS) positions.
Here's how the probable list of cabinet ministers of PM-elect Narendra Modi is shaping up.
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal:
Uttar Pradesh, which has 80 Lok Sabha seats, is likely to see Anupriya Patel, chief of the Apna Dal Party and Jayant Chaudhary, chief of Rashtriya Lok Dal, being inducted into the Modi 3.0 cabinet. Similarly, the NDA will likely induct BJP leaders Prataprao Jadhav, Nitin Gadkari (former minister) and Piyush Goyal (former minister into the cabinet from Maharashtra. West Bengal, which has 42 Lok Sabha seats, could see the induction of Shantanu Thakur, a BJP leader. PM Modi Swearing-In Ceremony Date, Time: Narendra Modi Invited To Form Government; To Take Oath As Prime Minister on June 9 at 7:15 PM.
Karnataka, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh:
The list of probable cabinet ministers from the above three states includes JD-S leader HD Kumaraswamy, BJP leaders Pralhad Joshi, Basavaraj Bommai, Govind Karjol and PC Mohan from Karnataka; Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chauhan from Madhya Pradesh. The Modi 3.0 cabinet is likely to see most cabinet ministers from Bihar and the probable list includes names such as Lalan Singh, Chirag Paswan, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Ram Nath Thakur, Sunil Kumar, Kaushalendra Kumar, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Jitin Prasad, Nityanand Rai, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Sanjay Jaiswal.
Telangana, Odisha, Rajasthan and Kerala:
A list of probable MPs to be inducted into Modi 3.0's cabinet includes Kishan Reddy, Eatala Rajender, DK Aruna, D Arvind, and Bandi Sanjay from Telangana; Dharmendra Pradhan and Manmohan Samal from Odisha; Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Dushyant Singh from Rajasthan; and Suresh Gopi from Kerala. NDA Government Formation: BJP's 2024 Numbers Alone Trumps Congress' Total of 2014, 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha Seats, Says Narendra Modi (Watch Video).
Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Northeast States:
The NDA will likely pick Daggubati Purandeswari and Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu as cabinet ministers from Andhra Pradesh, Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma from Jammu, and Sarbananda Sonowal, Bijuli Kalita Medhi, Kiren Rijiju, and Biplab Dev from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tripura, respectively.
The BJP-led NDA allies will play crucial roles in shaping PM Narendra Mod's "Modi 3.0" government's agenda. While an official announcement is awaited, the air surrounding Modi’s cabinet will likely clear on Sunday, June 9, when PM-elect Narendra Modi and his cabinet ministers take oath.
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