Modi Cabinet reshuffle: Sushma Swaraj unable to attend swearing-in ceremony

Media – Pl avoid the headline : ‘Sushma skips Oath Ceremony’.

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 5, 2016

I am unable to attend the swearing in ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan since I have a meeting with Foreign Minister of Hungary. /1

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 5, 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought in nineteen new faces to the cabinet along with reshuffling some of the existing faces.

She went on to add a welcome note to those joining the cabinet and followed it up with another tweet reminding the media to avoid using the headline “Sushma skips oath ceremony.”

I congratulate and welcome all my colleagues joining the Council of Ministers. /2

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 5, 2016

The portfolios allocated to these ministers will be known in the evening. The top four – Finance, Home, External Affairs and Defence – has not been touched.

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