New Delhi, May 30: Narendra Modi on Thursday was sworn-in as the Prime Minister of the country for the second consecutive time in a glittering ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan. Along with PM Modi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance leaders took oath as Union Ministers. The ceremony took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath-taking ceremony. Narendra Modi Sworn in as Prime Minister For Second Consecutive Term.

A total of 24 cabinet ministers took oath along with PM Modi. Senior Ministers who took oath as cabinet ministers include Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Rajnath Singh, Sadanand Gowda, Naresh Pokhriyal, Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad, S Jayashanker, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal, Arvind Sawant and Prakash Javadekar. Out of 24 cabinet ministers, six including Shah, Sawant and Jayashanker have been inducted into the cabinet for the first time. Modi Cabinet 2.0 Swearing-In Ceremony Live News Updates: Rajnath Singh takes Oath As Cabinet Minister in Narendra Modi Govt.

List of Cabinet Ministers Ministers:

List of Cabinet Ministers Party
 Rajnath Singh BJP
Amit Shah BJP
 Nitin Gadkari BJP
Sadanand Gowda BJP
 Nirmala Sitharaman BJP
Ram Vilas Paswan LJP
Narendra Singh Tomar BJP
Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP
Harsimrat Kaur Badal SAD
Thawar Chand Gehlot BJP
S Jayshanker
Naresh Pokhriyal Nishad BJP
Arjun Munda BJP
Smriti Irani BJP
Harshvardhan BJP
Prakash Javadekar BJP
 Piyush Goyal BJP
 Dharmendra Pradhan BJP
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi BJP
Prahlad Joshi BJP
Mahendra Nath Pandey BJP
Arvind Sawant Shiv Sena
Giriraj Singh BJP
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat BJP

Apart from cabinet ministers, 34 ministers of state (MoS)including nine MoS with independent charge took oath. Thirty-four MoS' who took oath today include Santosh Singh Gangwal, Anurag Thakur, General VK Singh, Babul Supriyo, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri and G Kishan Reddy. Out of these 34, 13 were inducted into the council of ministers for the first time.

List of Ministers of State:

List Ministers of State Party
Santosh Kumar Gangwal BJP
Rao Inderjit Singh BJP
Sripad Naik BJP
Jitendra Singh BJP
Kiren Rijiju BJP
Prahlad Singh Patel BJP
Rajkumar Singh BJP
Hardeep Singh Puri BJP
Mansukh Mandviya BJP
Faggan Singh Kulste BJP
Ashwini Kumar Chaubey BJP
Arjun Ram Meghwal BJP
 General VK Singh BJP
Krishan Pal Gurjar BJP
Rao Saheb Patil BJP
G Kishan Reddy BJP
Purshotam Rupala BJP
Ramdas Athawale RPI
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti BJP
 Babul Supriyo BJP
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan BJP
Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre BJP
Anurag Thakur BJP
Suresh Angadi BJP
Nityanand Rai BJP
Rattan Lal Kataria BJP
V Murlidhar BJP
Renuka Singh BJP
Som Prakash BJP
Rameshwar Teli BJP
Pratap Sadangi BJP
Kailash Chaudhary BJP
Deboshri Chowdhary BJP

Shah is likely to get charge of the Finance Ministry. Though Nirmala Sitharam did not contest Lok Sabha elections, but has been given birth in the cabinet. Goyal is likely to get Railways Ministry, Javadekar is expected to get HRD Ministry, while Naqvi may get charge of Minority Affairs. Irani is also expected to get a key portfolio in the Modi government 2.0.

Senior Congress leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad were also present. Amongst the international dignitaries representatives of BIMSTEC nations also attended the swearing-in ceremony.

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