Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures towards supporters after his oath during a swearing-in ceremony (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)
PM Modi oath-taking Ceremony LIVE Updates: Narendra Modi Thursday was sworn in as country’s Prime Minister for a second term. Modi was administered oath along with his new council of ministers at 7 PM by President Ram Nath Kovind. The swearing-in ceremony is a grand affair with more than 6,000 guests, including leaders from the BIMSTEC countries, opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, chief ministers, corporate honchos and film stars in attendance.
BJP president Amit Shah has joined the list of Union ministers in the new government. Smriti Irani, who unseated Rahul Gandhi from the Congress’ bastion of Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections, was also sworn in as a Union minister.
Cabinet ministers: Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, DV Sadananda Gowda , Nirmala Sitharaman, Ram Vilas Paswan, Narendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Thawarchand Gehlot, brahmanyam Jaishankar, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Arjun Munda, Smriti Irani, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Prakash Javdekar, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Prahlad Joshi, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Arvind Sawant, Giriraj Singh, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Ministers of State: Faggansingh Kulaste, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Arjun Ram Meghwal, General (Retd.) V. K. Singh, Krishan Pal, Danve Raosaheb Dadarao, G. Kishan Reddy, Parshottam Rupala, Ramdas Athawale, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Shri Babul Supriyo, Shri 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
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also visited the memorial of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)
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Taking to Twitter, Amit Shah thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP colleagues after taking oath as a Union minister in the new cabinet.
BJP president Amit Shah, who was sworn in as a Union minister at the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi and his council of ministers, called it a "historic moment for entire India".
"In the last five years, India has witnessed an era of unprecedented growth in every field. PM Narendra Modi govt has laid the foundation of a New India, which is not only asserting itself in the world order but also working tirelessly to lift living standards of its citizens," he tweeted.
Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Nirmala Sitharaman and Prakash Javadekar were among the 36 ministers who were sworn in Thursday for a second term, besides 20 MPs who took oath of office as cabinet ministers for the first time. While 24 cabinet ministers were sworn-in the Modi government, nine took oath as ministers of state (Independent charge) and 24 others as ministers of state.
Home minister in the previous Narendra Modi government, Rajnath Singh was the first to take oath after the prime minister. Ram Vilas Paswan, DV Sadananda Gowda, Narendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Harsh Vardhan, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan and Muqtar Abbas Naqvi were among those who got a second chance.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath of office along with ministers in his cabinet at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Thursday, his mother Heeraben Modi was pictured happily clapping at her home in Ahmedabad watching her son on television. Full story here
Ministers of State
1. Faggansingh Kulaste
2. Ashwini Kumar Choubey
3. Arjun Ram Meghwal
4. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh
5. Krishan Pal
6. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao
7. G. Kishan Reddy
8. Parshottam Rupala
9. Ramdas Athawale
10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
11. Babul Supriyo
12. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
13. Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao
14. Anurag Singh Thakur
15. Angadi Suresh Channabasappa
16. Nityanand Rai
17. Rattan Lal Kataria
18. V. Muraleedharan
19. Renuka Singh Saruta
20. Som Parkash
21. Rameswar Teli
22. Pratap Chandra Sarangi
23. Kailash Choudhary
24. Debasree Chaudhuri
The Congress Thursday tweeted a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new council of ministers. "Congratulations to PM Narendra Modi and his new Cabinet Ministers. We wish them the best and look forward to working with them on the growth and development of India and all its citizens."
Babul Supriyo, Sanjeev Balyan and Anurag Singh Thakur take oath as Ministers
Senior BJP leader and eight-time MP Maneka Gandhi is likely to be the pro-tem speaker in the 17th Lok Sabha, PTI reported quoting sources. The main duty of the pro-tem Speaker is to administer the oath of office to new members of the Lok Sabha.
A temporary post, the Pro-tem Speaker presides over the first meeting of lower House of Parliament after the General election besides presiding over the sitting in which the Speaker and Deputy Speaker is elected if it is a newly constituted House.
Watch LIVE: Narendra Modi takes oath as Prime Minister for the 2nd consecutive term at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1. Santosh Kumar Gangwar
2. Rao Inderjit Singh
3. Shripad Yesso Naik
4. Dr Jitendra Singh
5. RK singh
6. Kiren Rijiju
7. Prahlad Singh Patel
8. Hardeep Singh Puri
9. Mansukh Mandaviya
Twenty-four ministers took oath along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday.
Ministers in the new Union cabinet-
1. Rajnath Singh
2. Amit Shah
3. Nitin Gadkari
4. DV Sadananda Gowda
5. Nirmala Sitharaman
6. Ram Vilas Paswan
7. Narendra Singh Tomar
8. Ravi Shankar Prasad
9. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
10. Thawarchand Gehlot
11. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
12. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
13. Arjun Munda
14. Smriti Irani
15. Dr Harsh Vardhan
16. Prakash Javdekar
17. Piyush Goyal
18. Dharmendra Pradhan
19. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
20. Prahlad Joshi
21. Mahendra Nath Pandey
22. Arvind Sawant
23. Giriraj Singh
24. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Narendra Modi Thursday took oath as the Prime Minister of India for a second consecutive term. For more pictures of the swearing-in ceremony , click here
President Ram Nath Kovind administers oath of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi. (Reuters)
Shahid Kapoor, Mira Kapoor and director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra at Rashtrapati Bhavan. (Photo: APH images)
The forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan as PM Modi takes oath of office. (Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Mahendra Nath Pandey, Shiv Sena's Arvind Sawant and Giriraj Singh took oath as Union Ministers
Harsh Vardhan, Prakash Javedakar, Dharmendra Pradhan and Prahlad Joshi took oath as Union ministers
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Piyush Goyal takes oath as Union minister. A Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra, Piyush Goyal was inducted as Minister of State into the Modi Cabinet in 2014 but was elevated as Cabinet Minister in 2017 when he was given the Railways charge.
Smriti Irani, who unseated Rahul Gandhi from the Congress' bastion of Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections, was also sworn in as a Union minister.
Former Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar takes oath as Union Minister. A 1977 batch Indian Foreign Officer, Jaishankar has previously served as Indian ambassador to US (2014-15), China (2009-13) among other European nations, and had a major role in the negotiation of the ambitious India-US civil nuclear agreement. Read more here
Harsimrat Kaur Badal of Shiromani Akali Dal, and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad took oath as Union ministers
Ramvilas Paswan and Narendra Singh Tomar take oath as Union Ministers