Narendra Modi Cabinet: A mix of old and new, 51 names have received Cabinet calls so far

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, May 30, 2019 : Smriti Irani, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Prakash Javadekar, Babul Supriyo and several other names were among more than 40 BJP leaders to receive a call-up for Narendra Modi’s second cabinet. Among the names are also leaders of other NDA constituents, including Shiv Sena, JD(U), Akali Dal, LJP and AIADMK, News18 reported.

 

Sources said the leaders received phone calls to the effect on Thursday morning, hours before the swearing-in ceremony. However, the official portfolio distribution and the list of Union ministers and Ministers of State was not immediately announced.

Here’s a list of leaders who received the all-important phone call till 2pm:

1) Arjun Ram Meghwal
2) Nitin Gadkari
3) Prakash Javadekar
4) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
5) Ramdas Athawale
6) Piyush Goyal
7) Ravi Shankar Prasad
8) Babul Supriyo
9) Jitendra Singh
10) Nirmala Sitharaman
11) Rao Inderjit
12) Raveendranath Kumar
13) Kiren Rijiju
14) Suresh Angadi
15) Kishan Reddy
16) Prahlad Joshi
17) Purshottam Rupala
18) Mansukh Mandaviya
19) Debasree Chaudhuri
20) Ram Vilas Paswan
21) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
22) Santosh Gangwar
23) Som Prakash
24) Rameshwar Teli
25) Ramesh Pokhriyal
26) Rajnath Singh
27) Sushma Swaraj
28) Anupriya Patel
29) Kailash Chaudhary
30) Krishan Pal Gurjar
31) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
32) Arvind Sawant
33) Dharmendra Pradhan
34) V K Singh
35) Subrata Pathak
36) Dimple Yadav
37) Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
38) Narendra Singh Tomar
39) Sanjeev Balyan
40) Ramchandra Prasad Singh
41) Nityanand Rai
42) Thawar Chand Gehlot
43) Smriti Irani
44) Prahlad Patel
45) Sadananda Gowda
46) Giriraj Singh
47) Mansukh Vasava
48) Renuka Singh
49) Hardeep Puri
50) Shripad Yesso Naik
51) Rattan Lal Kataria

Ministers selected for oath of office will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence at 4:30pm, shortly before the swearing-in ceremony.

Earlier in the morning, the prime minister held a final round of consultations with BJP president Amit Shah to give shape to his council of ministers before sending the list to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Capping a landslide election victory, Modi will take oath along with his new council of ministers at 7 pm.

As the party geared up for the celebrations, Shah’s Akbar Road residence was decked up. BJP general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal was among those who met Shah at his residence.

Modi and Shah have held several rounds of discussions in the last two days ahead of government formation.

Sources said Modi government 2.0 is likely to showcase the party’s newfound strength in different regions. The BJP has refrained from making any official comment about the likely members of the government, with its leaders asserting that it is the prime minister’s prerogative.

The swearing-in ceremony in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan is expected to be grand affair with about 8,000 guests, including leaders from the BIMSTEC countries, opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, chief ministers, corporate honchos and film stars, watching as President Ram Nath Kovind administers the oath of office and secrecy to 68-year-old Modi and his ministerial colleagues.