A day after the PM and over 70 ministers took the oath of office, key posts in India’s new government have been filled
Ministers for key portfolios in India’s new government, formed after the recent elections concluded, were announced on Monday. Those in key posts, including foreign, defense, finance, and home affairs, have been reappointed.
The official announcement came a day after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi and 71 ministers – half of them having served in the outgoing council, representing over a dozen parties from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) bloc, which secured the majority of seats (293) in the 543-seat lower house of parliament – took their oaths of office.
The council of ministers includes 30 cabinet ministers, 36 ministers of state (who are junior to cabinet ministers) and five ministers of state with independent charge (who take part in cabinet meetings on important issues).
According to a press communique from the office of Indian President Droupadi Murmu, senior BJP leaders, including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, are retaining their portfolios as defense, home, roads and transport, finance, and foreign ministers respectively.
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