Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday was sworn in for a third consecutive term at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Along with Modi, several parliamentarians- from BJP and NDA allies took oath in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu.
Modi, 73, first became Prime Minister in 2014 and then returned to office in 2019. He is the second PM after Jawaharlal Nehru to be elected for a third consecutive term.
In the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, Modi was re-elected to Lok Sabha from Varanasi. However, the BJP failed to secure a majority this time unlike in 2014 and 2019 -- with just 240 seats to its kitty. Therefore, the Modi-led party formed the government at the Centre with the support of NDA allies. Both the TDP and JD(U) are crucial allies of the BJP in the NDA government. The TDP has 16 MPs and the JD(U) has 12 MPs in the Lok Sabha.
Modi 3.0 -- Here's a look at alliance representation in the new cabinet
1. Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu: Telugu Desam Party
2. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani: Telugu Desam Party
3. Prataprao Jadhav: Shiv Sena
4. Ram Nath Thakur: Janata Dal (United)
5. HD Kumaraswamy: Janata Dal (Secular)
6. Jitan Ram Manjhi: Hindustani Awam Morcha
7. Ramdas Athawale: Republican Party of India (A)
8. Chirag Paswan: Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
9. Jayant Chaudhary: Rashtriya Lok Dal
10. Rajiv Ranjan Singh: Janata Dal (United)
11. Anupriya Patel: Apna Dal (S)
Meanwhile, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar were sworn in as cabinet ministers, indicating the Prime Minister's emphasis on continuity and experience as they also held senior positions in his second term.
Party president J P Nadda returned to the cabinet after five years, while former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and ex-Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar were the fresh faces in the Modi cabinet.
BJP leaders Piyush Goyal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav, who were earlier in the Rajya Sabha but have now been elected to the Lok Sabha, were among those retained as ministers.
Also Read: Modi Cabinet 3.0: Full list of 71 ministers who took oath of office
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