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The caller Union furniture of ministers successful the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorities is simply a premix of aged guards and caller faces. As galore arsenic 72 ministers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were inducted into the caller furniture during the swearing-in ceremonial connected Sunday.
The caller assembly of ministers has 61 members from the BJP and 11 leaders from the NDA allies. Of the 72 ministers, 43 person served 3 oregon much presumption successful the Parliament, and 39 person been ministers successful the Union authorities earlier.
Among acquainted faces, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S Jaishankar, who were each portion of the Modi 2.0 Cabinet, were again sworn successful arsenic furniture ministers. Some ministers are either members of Rajya Sabha oregon volition person to beryllium one.
A curate successful the Union furniture has to beryllium a subordinate of either of the 2 houses of Parliament – the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Here are the ministers who are not members of the Lok Sabha and yet became the ministers:
1- S Jaishankar: The erstwhile External Affairs Minister Jaishankar didn’t contention the Lok Sabha elections and was sworn successful arsenic a curate connected Sunday. Jaishankar has been a Rajya Sabha subordinate from Gujarat twice. He was made the Minister of External Affairs connected May 31, 2019, nether the erstwhile Union authorities led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
2- Nirmala Sitharaman: Former Minister of Finance, Sitharaman didn’t contention elections. She has been elected doubly to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Sitharaman besides took oath arsenic a furniture curate connected Sunday.
3- JP Nadda: The outgoing BJP president Nadda has been a Union Minister before. He besides took oath arsenic furniture curate connected Sunday. Nadda has earlier served arsenic Union wellness curate successful Narendra Modi's archetypal word from November 9, 2014 to May 30, 2019. Nadda is simply a Rajya Sabha member.
4- Ramdas Athawale: President of the Republican Party of India (Athawale) and Rajya Sabha member, Athawale was the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment successful the erstwhile government. The RPI(A), an NDA ally, did not tract immoderate campaigner for the Lok Sabha polls this time. Athwale needs to instrumentality the Rajya Sabha way to beryllium successful the cabinet.
5- Hardeep Singh Puri: Former curate of lodging and municipality affairs successful the PM Modi-led government, Puri is simply a Rajya Sabha MP. He was besides among 30 furniture ministers who took oath connected Sunday. A 1974-batch IFS officer, Puri served arsenic the imperishable typical of India to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013 earlier joining the BJP successful January 2014.
6- George Kurian: The BJP wide caput successful Kerala, Kurian besides took oath connected Sunday. Kurian entered authorities done the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). Kurian besides needs to beryllium a Rajya Sabha MP to beryllium a minister
7- Satish Dubey: The BJP’s Brahmin person from Bihar's, helium represented the Valmiki Nagar spot successful the Lok Sabha from 2014 and 2019. Now a Rajya Sabha MP, Dubey gained prominence arsenic an activistic taking up the issues of sugarcane farmers.
8- Sanjay Seth: He is simply a businessman from Ranchi. Seth is simply a Rajya Sabha member, who was sworn successful arsenic a curate successful the Narendra Modi authorities connected Sunday. He began his governmental travel arsenic a pupil person of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) successful 1976 and became a parliamentarian successful 2019.
9 - Ramnath Thakur: The two-time JD (U) Rajya Sabha subordinate and lad of erstwhile Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, Ramnath Thakur was besides sworn successful arsenic the curate of authorities connected Sunday.
10- BL Verma: Rajya Sabha subordinate BL Verma was besides sworn successful arsenic the curate of authorities connected Sunday. Verma has been the curate of authorities successful ministry of improvement successful northbound eastbound portion successful the erstwhile authorities led by Narendra Modi.
Other ministers who are not members of Lok Sabha see Pabita Margherita, L Murugan, Ranveet Singh Bittu. Rajya Sabha MP Margherita from Assam was sworn successful arsenic the curate of the authorities successful the NDA authorities led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Murugan, the Former Tamil Nadu BJP president and erstwhile Union curate of authorities for carnal husbandry mislaid the predetermination but inactive made it to PM Modi-led cabinet.
Similarly, Bittu, the 48-year-old person and three-time MP discontinue the Congress enactment mislaid the Lok Sabha elections. Bittu, who joined the BJP conscionable up of the Lok Sabha polls, has besides been made a minister.
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