Union Ministers, including S Jaishankar and Ashwini Vaishnaw, assumed their respective ministerial roles on Tuesday. Jaishankar, starting his second term as External Affairs Minister, showcased a stellar performance in navigating global issues, drawing from his rich diplomatic career.
Modi 3.0: Following the finalisation of ministerial department allocations on Monday, key ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NDA government are set to assume their roles today.
Narendra Modi has become only the second PM after Jawaharlal Nehru to secure a third consecutive term. Along with Modi, 71 Ministers as part of the Union Cabinet took oath in the name of God in New Delhi on Sunday.
Modi Cabinet 3.0: The council of ministers is a blend of youth and experience with senior BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar retaining their ministries. Several young leaders from the BJP and allies have also been inducted.
The newly formed Modi government 3.0 will convene its first cabinet meeting on Monday at 5 PM. The allocation of ministerial portfolios is expected to be announced beforehand, with a focus on the 'Developed India Mission' and PM Modi's guarantees.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new 72-member council of ministers features a diverse mix of professionals. Among the 30 cabinet ministers, six are lawyers, three hold MBA degrees, and ten are postgraduates. Prime Minister Modi and Rajnath Singh are notable for their master's degrees.
Rajnath Singh Oath Taking: Rajnath Singh took oath in Modi 3.0 cabinet..see photos
Along with Narendra Modi, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Amit Shah also took oath as cabinet ministers.
President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to Narendra Modi as the prime minister for the third straight term. Along with PM Modi, multiple leaders of NDA also took oath at the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Modi 3.0 government: The NDA has 293 MPs, comfortably above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress claimed that PM Modi would dissolve elected state governments in his third term, but Prime Minister hadn't dissolved any government in the past decade.
In the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, 14 out of 80 seats will go to polls on Monday. BJP's five Union Ministers including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani are in the fray. Rae Bareli, from where Rahul Gandhi is contesting, will also go to polls in fifth phase.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 49 constituencies are going for polls in the fifth phase on May 20. Voters in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will use their franchise in the fifth phase.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will be held on May 20 (Monday) in which voters in 49 constituencies will use their franchise. Eight states and Union Territories including UP, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand will go to polls in the fifth phase.
Addressing AAP workers and supporters a day after his release on interim bail from Tihar Jail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that Modi wants to pass on the baton to Shah as the BJP follows the practice of retiring its leaders after they are 75 years of age.
The list includes prominent leaders such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Arvinder Singh Lovely, and several others.
Rajnath Singh had said that India won't have to use force to capture PoK as the people there themselves would want to be part of India after seeing the development in Kashmir. Farooq Abdullah reacted to his remark and said that there is no one stopping the government from doing so.
Earlier on March 14, 2024, the panel led by former President Ram Nath Kovind submitted an extensive report of 18,626 pages to President Draupadi Murmu regarding the 'One nation-One election' system.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have already started demanding the merger with India amid the fact the JK has seen significant economic development post-2019.
Rajnath Singh lashed out at Congress and accused it of creating "fear psychosis" over the issue of Constitution and reservation and said that the BJP government will never change the Preamble or tinker with the reservation.
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