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    PM Modi Begins New Term With 57 Ministers: Film, Business Celebs Attend Modi's Oath-Taking Ceremony

    Darpan News Desk IANS, 30 May, 2019 06:25 PM

      The who's who of business, cinema, politics and sports gathered to be witness of the return of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and formation of his new cabinet at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, here on Thursday.

       

      A red carpet was laid out for the guests for the oath-taking ceremony which took place as the sun set in the national capital, where the temperature was well above 40 degrees.

       
       

       
       

      Modi, who led the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to a spectacular victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections was administered the oath of office and secrecy in Hindi by President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony attended by around 8,000 people.

       
       

      From the business world, there were Lakshmi Mittal, Ratan Tata, Gautam Adani, Mukesh Ambani with Nita and son Anmol, T. S. Kalyanaraman, Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Vedanta's Founder and Chairman Anil Agarwal.

       

      The 1983 World Cup winning team skipper Kapil Dev was also present among the guests.

       
       

      Spiritual master Sadhguru took a prominent seat at the event, which was also attended by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former President Pratibha Patil, along with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad seated prominently.

       
       

      Film celebrities Kangana Ranaut chose a gossamer white sari for the occasion, and veteran singer Asha Bhosle also chose an elegant cream for the event. Also present were Karan Johar, superstar Rajinikanth, besides Anupam Kher, Sushant Singh Rajput, Shahid Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Abhishek Kapoor, Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Boney Kapoor, Madhur Bhandarkar, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Aanand L. Rai, Omung Kumar, Rajkumar Hirani, Kapil Sharma, Kailash KherAshoke Pandit and Mahaveer Jain -- all were dressed in either formal suits or simple ethnic wear.

       

      Rajinikanth was accompanied by his wife Latha, as was Shahid, who came with Mira.

       

      Ahead of the event, Anil Kapoor wrote on Instagram: "Honoured to be attending one of the most important ceremonies of the year."

       

      Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra told IANS that he was humbled to be a part of the "historic moment".

       
       

      "The question is not what we expect from them. The question is what each Indian will do for their Motherland," he said.

       

      Kangana, a day before reaching Delhi to be a part of the ceremony, had told the media: "There are a lot of expectations associated with him (Modi)... So all my best wishes for him that whatever goals he has set for himself, he reaches all of them."

       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

      Here’s the full list of the new council of ministers who took along with PM Modi

       
       

      Cabinet ministers

       

      Rajnath Singh

       

      Amit Shah

       

      Nitin Gadkari

       

      Sadananda Gowda

       

      Nirmala Sitharaman

       

      Ram Vilas Paswan

       

      Narendra Singh Tomar

       

      Ravi Shankar Prasad

       

      Harsimarat Kaur Badal

       

      Thaawarchand Gehlot

       

      S Jaishankar

       

      Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

       

      Arjun Munda

       

      Smriti Irani

       

      Harsh Vardhan

       

      Prakash Javadekar

       

      Piyush Goel

       

      Dharmendra Pradhan

       

      Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

       

      Prahlad Joshi

       

      Mahendra Nath Pandey

       

      Arvind Sawant

       

      Giriraj Singh

       

      Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

       
       

      Ministers of state with independent charge

       
       

      Santosh Kumar Gangwar

       

      Rao Inderjit Singh

       

      Shripad Yesso Naik

       

      Dr Jitendra Singh

       

      RK Singh

       

      Kiren Rijiju

       

      Prahlad Singh Patel

       

      Hardeep Singh Puri

       

      Mansukh Mandaviya

       
       

      Ministers of state

       
       

      Faggansingh Kulaste

       

      Ashwini Kumar Choubey

       

      Arjun Ram Meghwal

       

      V. K. Singh

       

      Krishan Pal

       

      Danve Raosaheb Dadarao

       

      G. Kishan Reddy

       

      Parshottam Rupala

       

      Ramdas Athawale

       

      Niranjan Jyoti

       

      Babul Supriyo

       

      Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

       

      Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao

       

      Anurag Singh Thakur

       

      Angadi Suresh Channabasappa

       

      Nityanand Rai

       

      Rattan Lal Kataria

       

      V. Muraleedharan

       

      Renuka Singh Saruta

       

      Som Parkash

       

      Rameswar Teli

       

      Pratap Chandra Sarangi

       

      Kailash Choudhary

       

      Debasree Chaudhuri

       
      20 NEW MINISTERS, GIANT KILLERS IN MODI 2.0 TEAM
       

      Prime Minister Narendra Modi pressed the refresh button and inducted 20 new faces in his council of ministers rewarding giant killers in the Lok Sabha election and dropping some of the most visible faces of his team -- finance minister Arun Jaitley, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and commerce minister Suresh Prabhu.


      While Jaitley's omission had become public on Wednesday as he opted out on health grounds, the absence of Sushma and Prabhu came as a surprise.


      A bigger surprise, however, was the inclusion of former foreign secretary S. Jaishankar into the cabinet.


      In the last five years, despite serious ailment, Sushma had won accolades for turning foreign office into people's ministry and Suresh Prabhu was seen as the "to go" man handling key ministries including railways.


      The tallest among the first-time ministers is party president Amit Shah who was seated third in the row of seniority after the PM and Rajnath Singh. He was followed by Nitin Gadkari and Sadanand Gowda.


      The first indication of Amit Shah's progression into the government had come when he decided to contest Lok Sabha elections from Gandhinagar. After scripting historic victory for the BJP in the election, he was seen as a natural claimant for a prominent position.


      The Modi-Shah team will now be in play in the government after scoring a series of electoral wins.


      Those who fought valiantly in the election were rewarded even if they were first-time MPs.


      First-time MP from Secunderabad G Krishan Reddy was awarded with MoS berth. Kailash Choudhary, a young BJP leader who fought a tough battle in Barmer against Madhavendra Singh of the Congress (formerly with BJP), was a rewarded with MoS rank.


      Debashree Choudhary, who won from Raiganj in West Bengal in a tough fight, is now a minister.


      Pratap Chandra Sarangi, first-time MP from Balasore in Odisha, got the maximum cheers as he is already known on the internet for his humble lifestyle, has been made a minister.


      Even among allies, Arvind Sawant of Shiv Sena who defeated Milind Deora of Congress in South Mumbai, has joined the cabinet.


      Some promiment names like Rajyavardhan Rathore, Jayant Sinha and Maneka Gandhi have been dropped.

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