New Delhi: Keeping aside speculation Prime Minister Narendra Modi elevated only one Minister, Environment and Forest Minister, Prakash Javadekar to the Union Cabinet and inducted 19 Ministers in his council of Ministers.
The prominent names included noted journalist MJ Akbar, former Minister Vijay Goyal, Ramdas Athavale from RPI and Anupriya Patel from UP.
There was some unease when Athawale fumbled during the swearing in and President Pranab Mukherjee was forced to interject.
Amongst those sworn in were:
- Faggan Singh Kulaste, Mandla MP from Madhya Pradesh
- SS Ahluwalia, Darjeeling MP from West Bengal
- Ramesh Jigajinagi Chandappa, Bijapur MP from Karnataka
- Vijay Goel, Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan
- Ramdas Athawale of the RPI
- Rajen Gohain, Nowgong MP from Assam
- Anil Madhav Dave, Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh
- Parsottambhai Rupala, Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat
- MJ Akbar, Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh
- Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bikaner MP from Rajasthan
- Jaswant Singh, Bhabhor Dahod MP from Gujarat
- Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Chandauli MP from Uttar Pradesh
- Ajay Tamta, Almora MP from Uttarakhand
- Krishna Raj, a Dalit leader from Uttar Pradesh and the Shahjahanpur MP
- Mansukh Mandaviya, Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat
- Anupriya Patel, Mirzapur MP from Uttar Pradesh
- CR Chaudhary, Lok Sabha MP from Nagaur, Rajasthan
- PP Chaudhary, Pali MP from Rajasthan
- Dr Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Dhule MP from Maharashtra
Meanwhile, five ministers has been dropped from Modi cabinet:
- GM Siddeshwara
- Nihal Chand
- Ram Shankar
- Katheria
- Sanawar Lal Jat
- MK Kundariya
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