- !! . 7 8 8 8 SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' %!$&'() * 3 /0 1 * 12 + 5%)!+5 %%! '35 ' %3#' 4' "!% %!+'3!'4%' !#$%#34 5" ($5'#($(' !"' ' 3$%'% 3$' %9'$ ?$!5%3 % !##%9! 3!3$%!+O!%)5 & % "5# 3 !$' $& !'(' ?%0'&"' ' # 3 !"1; #$ 1<= >' ! ' * +*,-./ ( !" !#$% 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 4 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, Thaawar 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, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Gajendra ! Singh Shekhawat, Santosh ! " #$%& '( !" !#$% because as many as five BJP MPs from Bihar were nomi- ) mid serious differences nated to the Modi ' + , Abetween Bihar Chief Government. They include two $ Minister Nitish Kumar and Cabinet Ministers — BJP leadership over allotment Ravishankar Prasad and Giriraj ) $ - of only one Cabinet berth, Singh — and three Ministers of - Janata Dal-United (JD-U) has State. /) " ( decided to opt out of the “JD (U) won 16 seats, just (0 12 Narendra Modi Government. one less than BJP from Bihar. “The offer made by the BJP Then why should we accept # (%)!3 ( was not acceptable to us. We such humiliating offer,” said a ' $ - # ) - are firmly with the NDA, but senior JD(U) leader. ) 45 - ) " ) we will not join the The Bihar Chief Minister ( ) # 4 Government,” Nitish said. did attend the swearing-in cer- 0 - ) ) 40 Sources said Nitish wanted emony of Prime Minister 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 Sources said Nitish was unhappy with the portfolio highly unhappy with this offer offered to it. ) * (( R ,- !' ! )* ! .' .( ( * + " # / 01 & DMK chief MK Stalin were the !" !#$% two leaders from Gujarat. Since special guests. Nadda is a Brahmin, it will also $& !'(' Jagan took the oath in fter five years of hard help BJP reach out to upper Telugu amid thunderous cheers Aorganisational work during castes. SRCP chief Yeduguri by scores of party leaders and which he transformed the BJP Nadda is known for his YSandinti Jaganmohan workers. into a political behemoth, Amit proximity with the party top Reddy, popularly known as YS Jagan's mother YS Shah is all set to leave the party’s leadership, which had entrust- Jagan, who led his party to a Vijayamma, his wife Bharati, president post, creating a void ed him with the challenging landslide victory in recent sister Sharmila and other mem- which not many within the BJP task of overseeing Assembly polls, took oath as bers of the family were specially can easily fill up. However, JP party's Uttar Pradesh perfor- the second Chief Minister of seated on the dais. Nadda, Health Minister in the tenant of Prime Minister mance in the recent Lok Sabha Andhra Pradesh post its bifur- Jagan reached the stadium NDA I, has emerged as front Narendra Modi and Amit polls. cation, at a grand public func- and went around the galleries runner for the post. Shah, Nadda also enjoys sup- The new BJP chief will tion in Municipal Stadium in in an open-top jeep to greet The name of Dharmendra port from the RSS. straight away face the challenge Vijayawada on Thursday. thousands of people who came Pradhan was also doing the A Rajya Sabha member, of leading the party to victory Jagan (46), was adminis- to witness the event. rounds as Shah's replacement, fifty-nine-year-old Nadda is in State Assembly elections of tered the oath of office and Only Jagan took oath on but after he took oath as a Parliamentary Board Secretary Maharashtra, Jharkhand and secrecy by Governor ESL Thursday and his Council of Cabinet Minister decks seemed of the BJP. His elevation as Haryana in September and Narasimhan. Ministers is expected to be "#$ "#% & to be clear for Nadda's coro- party president will help BJP also deal with the instability Telangana Chief Minister sworn in on June 7. ' ( )#* nation as the party president. In ward off criticism that the faced by the Congress-JD(S) K Chandrasekhar Rao and Continued on Page 4 ! ( # +, ! addition to be a trusted lieu- party has been hijacked by regime in Karnataka. !" & & !$' Vinay Shankar Pandey said, “As the monsoon season is not n view of the arrival of mon- far, cleaning the Rispana and Isoon season, officials of the Bindal is among our top pri- $'% "' Municipal Corporation of orities. Dehradun (MCD) stated that We recently had a meeting Q he Uttarakhand Fire and all the necessary steps will be with district magistrate SA TEmergency Services taken to clean Bindal and Murugesan, Mussoorie (UFES) has been inspecting Rispana rivers properly as soon Dehradun Development Board institutions in and around as possible. (MDDA) vice chairman !$' and also considering the are proposed to be placed Haridwar for fire safety The MCD along with the Ashish Shrivastav and other request we have been getting include a point near arrangements and NOCs other departments concerned officials.