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Rajnath, Shah Openers in Modi 2Nd Innings RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 WORLD 12 SPORT 15 Published From NO TIME FOR NIRAV MODI’S REMAND WEST INDIES FACE PAKISTAN DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH TV RHETORIC EXTENDED TILL JUNE 17 IN WORLD CUP DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 148 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LUCKNOW, FRIDAY MAY 31, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 STOP BODY SHAMING: VIDYA} BALAN } 14 VIVA CITY www.dailypioneer.com Rajnath, Shah openers in Modi 2nd innings Ex-Foreign Secy Jaishankar most surprise pick for Cabinet; 36 make it for 2nd time DEEPAK K UPRETI n NEW DELHI Kumar Gangwar, Sripad Yaso cycle, was made Minister of and the US, Jaishankar who the Ministers in the Modi-1 Naik, Jitender Singh, Kiren State (MOS). He was cheered joined Indian Foreign Service were repeated in the Modi-2, residing over the biggest Rijiju, Mansukh Mandavia, by BJP leaders as he rose to take in 1977, had played a key role the notable miss were Maneka Pelectoral victory for the BJP Arjun Ram Meghwal, Krishan his turn at the dais. during Indo-US nuclear deal Gandhi, Rajyavardhan Rathore, since its birth in 1980, Pal Gurjar, Sanjeev Kumar With an exception of recently at the time of Doklam Suresh Prabhu. Maneka, an Narendra Damodardas Modi Balyan, Purshottam Rupala, Jaishankar, there was not any crisis vis-à-vis China. eight-time MP, however, is on Thursday took oath as Ramdas Athavale and Babul other unusual entry into the A sour note in the forma- tipped to be interim Speaker for Prime Minister for the second Supriyo were among the Council of Ministers. It was tion of the Council of Minister the 17th Lok Sabha. Radha time in a grand ceremony at Ministers of State in the previ- almost a repeat of the 2014 pro- was stuck by the NDA ally from Mohan Singh, Agriculture the forecourt of Rashtrapati ous Government, who have file with six new faces in the Bihar JD(U) which did not join Minister in the previous Bhawan. been retained in the new Cabinet. the Cabinet as the BJP did not regime, and party general sec- Rajnath Singh was the first Government. In a ceremony that lasted agree to their demand for three retary Rajiv Pratap Rudy, did person after Modi to take oath Smiriti Irani, the giant two hours, 57 Ministers, portfolios and was willing to not get a berth this time. as a Cabinet Minister, followed slayer who defeated Congress besides the PM, took oath. offer only one. Leaders of BIMSTEC by BJP chief Amit Shah. president Rahul Gandhi in Electorally most important While Ramvilas’s LJP with countries, including Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Amethi — pocket borough of State of UP where BJP won 64 six LS seat is represented with Bangaldesh, Sri Lanka, Nirmala Sitharaman and the Gandhi family for 42 LS seats is represented by one berth, the JD(U) wanted Mayanmar, Thailand, Bhutan, Prakash Javadekar were among years— was greeted with loud among others by Irani and more honours for its 17 LS seats former Prime Minister the 36 Ministers who were cheer when she walked up to Sanjev Balyan. from Bihar. Paswan representes Manmohan Singh, Congress sworn in for a second term, the dais to take oath as a The Cabinet formation has the LJP in the Cabinet. president Rahul Gandhi, Sonia while 20 MPs took oath of Cabinet Minister. taken stock of coming Another NDA ally Aapna Gandhi and host of high pro- office as Ministers for the first Shah’s entry to the Cabinet Assembly elections in Dal and its leader Annupriya file businessmen and artists time. marked the end of his highly Maharashtra, Haryana and Patel did not get a place in the from Mumbai film industry Besides the Prime Minister, successful innings as the BJP Jharkhand. Maharashtra has Government though Patel attended the oath ceremony. 24 Cabinet Ministers were president. Given his closeness seven Ministers, while Haryana attended the swearing-in cer- Around 8,000 invitees esti- sworn in, nine took oath as to the Prime Minister, Shah is has four ministerial represen- emony. mated to have attended the Ministers of State (Independent expected to be saddled with tation. Former Union Minister JP swearing-in of Modi after his charge) and 24 others as one of the most important Induction of Jaishankar, a Nadda, seen as a front runner resounding victory which took Ministers of State. Cabinet portfolios. former career diplomat who for the post of BJP president BJP past 300 figure with Modi sprung a big surprise Pratap Chandra Sarangi, served as the Foreign Secretary replacing Shah, was apparent- National Democratic Alliance by inducting former Foreign known as the poorest MP who from January 2015 to January ly not in the list of Ministers for (NDA) standing at stupendous Secretary Subrahmanyam won his election from Odisha 2018, has caught many with the same reason. 350 mark. Jaishankar in the Cabinet. (Balasore) campaigning on his surprise. Ambassador to China Though a large number of Continued on Page 10 Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, who attended the glit- tering ceremony, seemed to have opted out like her party leader Arun Jaitley, on health grounds. Ram Vilas Paswan, DV Sadananda Gowda, Narendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Harsh Vardhan, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi were among those who got a second chance in the Modi Government. Giriraj Singh, Raj Kumar Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signs the register after taking oath of office and secrecy for the second consecutive term during Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Gajendra the swearing-in ceremony at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday PTI Singh Shekhawat, Santosh Nothing is better NOTABLE EXCLUSION than something! JD(U) walks out PNS n NEW DELHI because as many as five BJP MPs from Bihar were nomi- *Portfolios for the new Ministers have not been announced amid mid serious differences nated to the Modi reports that Amit Shah may get the Finance portfolio and Rajnath will Abetween Bihar Chief Government. They include two retain Home Minister Nitish Kumar and Cabinet Ministers — Ravi BJP leadership over allotment Shankar Prasad and Giriraj *Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, a former diplomat who lost the of only one Cabinet berth, Singh — and three Ministers of election, managed to retain his berth Janata Dal-United (JDU) has State. *UP accounted for a maximum of 9 Ministers while West Bengal decided to opt out of the “JD(U) won 16 seats, just where the BJP had a spectacular showing winning 18 LS seats Narendra Modi Government. one less than BJP from Bihar. accounted for two Ministers “The offer made by the BJP Then why should we accept *Leaders of BIMSTEC countries, including President of Bangladesh was not acceptable to us. We such humiliating offer,” said a Abdul Hamid, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Nepal Prime are firmly with the NDA, but senior JD(U) leader. Minister KP Sharma Oli, President of Myanmar U Win Myint and we will not join the The Bihar Chief Minister Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering as well as Kyrgyz President Government,” Nitish said. did attend the swearing-in cer- Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth Sources said Nitish wanted emony of Prime Minister attended the oath ceremony at least three ministerial berths Narendra Modi and his new for his party including two of Council of Ministers at Cabinet ranks and one of Rashtrapati Bhawan. Minister of State. BJP had offered one But the BJP was ready to Cabinet berth to the JD(U), offer him only one Cabinet and sources said the regional berth and one MoS position. party was also unhappy with Sources said Nitish was the portfolio offered to it. highly unhappy with this offer Continued on Page 10 CAPSULE TRUMP BRIEFLY SAYS Grievance call centre in Jagan’s CMO Nadda likely to head BJP RUSSIA HELPED IN WIN Washington: US President Two Telugu States Donald Trump briefly KCR, Stalin acknowledged in a tweet that partners of mutual Russia helped him get elected chief guests benefit, says KCR as Pradhan too joins Govt but quickly backtracked in comments to reporters. at swearing-in Therefore, a call centre will be PNS n NEW DELHI two leaders from Gujarat. Since set up by August 15 linking Nadda is a Brahmin, it will also CONG TO NOT PARTICIPATE PNS n HYDERABAD directly with the Chief fter five years of hard help the BJP reach out to the IN TV DEBATES FOR MONTH Minister’s Office to allow any- Aorganisational work during upper castes. New Delhi: The Congress has SRCP chief Yeduguri one from across the State to which he transformed the BJP Nadda is known for his decided to not send YSandinti Jaganmohan lodge their complaints. into a political behemoth, Amit proximity to the party top spokespersons on television Reddy, popularly known as YS Jagan took the oath in Shah is all set to leave the party’s leadership, which had entrust- debates for a month, as the party Jagan, who led his party to a Telugu amid thunderous cheers president post, creating a void ed him with the challenging faces a leadership crisis with landslide victory in recent by scores of party leaders and which not many within the BJP task of overseeing party’s Uttar Rahul Gandhi insisting on his Assembly polls, took oath as workers. Only Jagan took oath can easily fill up.
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