Modi Cabinet 2.0: Scindia, Rane, Sonowal sworn-in; RS Prasad, Javadekar, Harsh Vardhan axed
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New Delhi, July 07, 2021: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju, Anurag Thakur, Raj Kumar Singh, RP Singh, Ashwini Vasihnaw, Dr Virendra Kumar, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Shobha Karandlaje Meenakshi Lekhi were amongst the 43 leaders to take oath today evening at the Rashtrapati Bhavan as part of the huge Cabinet expansion of the Narendra Modi-led government.
Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya and Bhupender Yadav also took oath.
Ahead of the reshuffle, as many as 12 ministers tendered their resignations. These included Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Babul Supriyo, Sadanand Gowda, Santosh Gangwar, Debasree Chaudhuri, Pratap Sarangi, RL Kataria, Raosaheb Patil Danve, Ashwini Choubey and Sanjay Dhotre.
Full list of the new faces in Modi govt
Here’s the full list:
1. Narayan Tatu Rane
2. Sarbananda Sonowal
3. Dr. Virendra Kumar
4. Jyotiraditya M Scindia
5. Ramchandra Prasad Singh
6. Ashwini Vaishnaw
7. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
8. Kiren Rijiju
9. Raj Kumar Singh
10. Hardeep Singh Puri
11. Mansukh Mandaviya
12. Bhupender Yadav
13. Parshottam Rupala
14. G. Kishan Reddy
15. Anurag Singh Thakur
16. Pankaj Choudhary
17. Anupriya Singh Patel
18.Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel
19. Rajeev Chandrasekhar
20.Sushri Shobha Karandlaje
21. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
22. Darshana Vikram Jardosh
23. Meenakashi Lekhi
24. Annpurna Devi
25. A. Narayanaswamy
26. Kaushal Kishore
27. Ajay Bhatt
28. B. L. Verma
29. Ajay Kumar
30. Chauhan Devusinh
31. Bhagwanth Khuba
32. 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. Bishweswar Tudu
39. Shantanu Thakur
40.Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai
41. John Barla
42.Dr. L. Murugan
43. Nisith Pramanik
The expansion sees the entry of many new faces into the Modi government, with the BJP expected to give coalition partners more room in the Council of Ministers. The reshuffle comes in the wake of the devastating second Covid wave that has set off widespread criticism of the government for mismanagement of the crisis.
The new Cabinet, reports had earlier said, will have a special focus on the representation of women and ‘soshit, pidit, vanchhit and adivasi’ (underprivileged and tribal communities), sources told CNN-News18.
This will be the ‘youngest-ever’ Cabinet, with a record representation of OBCs, SCs and STs and more women picks.
Sources said that the new Cabinet is likely to see names such as Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Pashupati Nath Paras, among others.
There will be 12 ministers from Scheduled Castes, 8 from Scheduled Tribes & 27 from Other Backward Classes (Yadav, Kurmi, Darji, Jat Gujjar, Khandayat, Bhandari, Bairagi, Thakur, Koli Vokkaliga, Tulu Gowda, Mallah) and 5 minorities (1 Muslim, 1 Sikh, 1 Christian, 2 Buddhists).
The new council is expected to have more representation of women: BJP vice president Sobha Karandlaje, MP from Beed in Maharashtra Pritam Munde and MP from Maharashtra’s Nandurbar Heena Gavit were also seen entering the PM’s residence.
The ministers who were present at the prime minister’s residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, include: Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal, Bhupender Yadav, Anurag Thakur, Meenakshi Lekhi, Anupriya Patel, Ajay Bhatt, Shobha Karandjale, Sunita Dugga, Pritam Munde, Santanu Thakur, Narayan Rane, Kapil Patil, Pashupati Nath Paras, RCP Singh, G Krishan Reddy, Parshottam Rupa
la, Ashwini Vaishnav, and Vijay Sonkar.
News18 sources added that the government’s plan is to provide representation to even the smallest communities, with focus on each state and their relevant regions and special attention will be given to include who have administrative experience, either in the state or Centre.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with top ministers as well as the BJP chief at his residence at 5 pm on Tuesday — amid growing buzz of a Cabinet reshuffle later in the week — was cancelled earlier.
Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, BJP chief JP Nadda and party national general secretary BL Santhosh were expected to attend the meeting, among others.