' ( 1 2 2 2 ,%#'-./ *"00* 1 )*+, - "*. -/ 5 $3.&*53 ..*$' 3$' . ,'$4' +*.$ .*5' *'4.'$ *,-., 4$3+ 0-3',0-0'$*+' '$ -.'. -'$ .#'- =-*3. .$*,,.#*$ * -.*5O*.&3$/ .$+3, *-' $ -/ *'0' =.>'/+' ' "%*78 +# 79: ;' * ' 0 10234! .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 since its birth in 1980, Pal Gurjar, Sanjeev Kumar With an exception of recently at the time of Doklam Rathore, Suresh Prabhu. Narendra Damodardas Modi Balyan, Purshottam Rupala, Jaishankar, there was not any crisis vis-à-vis China. Maneka, an eight-time MP, on Thursday took oath as Ramdas Athavale and Babul other unusual entry into the A sour note in the forma- however, is tipped to be inter- Prime Minister for the second Supriyo were among the Council of Ministers. It was tion of the Council of Minister im Speaker for the 17th Lok 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 Sabha. Radha Mohan Singh, the forecourt of Rashtrapati ous Government, who have file with six new faces in the Bihar JD(U) which did not join Agriculture Minister in the Bhawan. been retained in the new Cabinet. the Cabinet as the BJP did not previous regime, and party Rajnath Singh was the first Government. In a ceremony that lasted agree to their demand for three general secretary Rajiv Pratap person after Modi to take oath Smiriti Irani, the giant two hours, 57 Ministers, portfolios and was willing to Rudy, did not get a berth this as a Cabinet Minister, followed slayer who defeated Congress besides the PM, took oath. offer only one. time. by BJP chief Amit Shah. president Rahul Gandhi in Electorally most important While Ramvilas's LJP with Leaders of BIMSTEC Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Amethi — pocket borough of State of UP where BJP won 64 six LS seat is represented with countries, including Nirmala Sitharaman and the Gandhi family for 42 LS seats is represented by one berth, the JD(U) wanted Bangaldesh, Sri Lanka, Prakash Javadekar were among years— was greeted with loud among others by Irani and more honours for its 17 LS seats Mayanmar, Thailand, Bhutan, the 36 Ministers who were cheer when she walked up to Sanjev Balyan. from Bihar. Paswan representes former Prime Minister sworn in for a second term, the dais to take oath as a The Cabinet formation has the LJP in the Cabinet. Manmohan Singh, Congress while 20 MPs took oath of Cabinet Minister. taken stock of coming Another NDA ally Aapna president Rahul Gandhi, Sonia office as Ministers for the first Shah’s entry to the Cabinet Assembly elections in Dal and its leader Annupriya Gandhi and host of high pro- time. marked the end of his highly Maharashtra, Haryana and Patel did not get a place in the file businessmen and artists Besides the Prime Minister, successful innings as the BJP Jharkhand. Maharashtra has Government though Patel from Mumbai film industry 24 Cabinet Ministers were president. Given his closeness seven Ministers, while Haryana attended the swearing-in cer- attended the oath ceremony. sworn in, nine took oath as to the Prime Minister, Shah is has four ministerial represen- emony. Around 8,000 invitees esti- Ministers of State (Independent expected to be saddled with tation. Former Union Minister JP mated to have attended the charge) and 24 others as one of the most important Induction of Jaishankar, a Nadda, seen as a front runner swearing-in of Modi after his Ministers of State. Cabinet portfolios. former career diplomat who for the post of BJP president resounding victory which took Modi sprung a big surprise Pratap Chandra Sarangi, served as the Foreign Secretary replacing Shah, was apparent- BJP past 300 figure with by inducting former Foreign known as the poorest MP who from January 2015 to January ly not in the list of Ministers for National Democratic Alliance Secretary Subrahmanyam won his election from Odisha 2018, has caught many with the same reason. (NDA) standing at stupendous Jaishankar in the Cabinet. (Balasore) campaigning on his surprise. Ambassador to China Though a large number of 350 mark. 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 % & & ) '$ -. three times at different period Munda, did his schooling from of times. a local school and later com- he BJP’s tribal face in According to BJP sources, pleted his diploma in Sociology TJharkhand, Arjun Munda, Munda is likely to be given from Indira Gandhi Open took oath as a minister in plum portfolio in Modi’s University. He is married to Prime Minister Narendra Cabinet. In Modi’s first tenure, Meera Munda and the couple Modi’s Cabinet at a function Jharkhand had two represen- has three sons. held at a glittering ceremony at tations—Jayant Sinha and Chief Minister Raghubar the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Sudarshan Bhagat, but both of Das along with State Cabinet Bhavan in New Delhi on them were ministers of state in ministers attended the cere- Thursday. Munda is lone min- the government. mony. Das congratulated ister from State to be inducted Sources said that by mak- Narendra Modi for becoming in Modi’s Cabinet. ing Munda as cabinet minister, Prime Minister for second con- The three times chief min- the Saffron party aims at pleas- secutive term. Das also con- ister Arjun Munda defeated ing tribal community who were gratulated Munda on his inclu- Congress candidate Kalicharan ', upset with BJP government sion in Modi’s Cabinet. Munda from Khunti with a interference in Chottanagpur Sources said that over hun- slender margin of 1145 votes. and Santhal Pargana Tenancy dred people from Jharkhand Munda began his political # Act (CNT/SPT) Act. There attended the ceremony includ- career in the 1980s as a teenag- were agitations too against the ing Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha er with the Jharkhand move- Marandi’s government. As a state government’s proposed MPs, CM and State ministers, ment, headed by the Jharkhand minister in Marandi’s Cabinet amendments to age-old land State BJP president Laxman Mukti Morcha. In 1995 Munda he took some excellent work laws, the CNT, SPT acts. Gilua, Organisational Secretary was elected to the Bihar State and took some ground break- The tribal resentment was Dharmpal, seven vice presi- Assembly from Kharswan. In ing decisions. In 2003, when visible in Khunti from where dents, three general secretaries, 2000 he retained the seat and non-BJP MLAs called for Munda contested the election seven spokespersons, 14 Lok won the 2005 election too. Marandi’s replacement, Munda as in rural areas voters were Sabha in-charges, 14 Lok Sabha In 2000 when separate who was strong tribal leader aggressively against the BJP on Vistaraks, all district presi- State Jharkhand was carved out was made the Chief Minister of the issue of Pathalgadi and dents of the party and chair- from Bihar, Munda was made Jharkhand. After 2003, Munda interference in CNT/SPT Act. persons of boards, corpora- Cabinet minister in Babulal had occupied the CM post for Born in Jamshedpur, tions. ! " ## R %& !" '( '# # " # ) *+ K Chandrasekhar Rao and $*+ *,-. party has been hijacked by DMK chief MK Stalin were the two leaders from Gujarat. Since ! special guests. fter five years of hard Nadda is a Brahmin, it will also " -/ *'0' Jagan took the oath in Aorganisational work during help BJP reach out to upper ##% Telugu amid thunderous cheers which he transformed the BJP castes. SRCP chief Yeduguri by scores of party leaders and into a political behemoth, Amit Nadda is known for his YSandinti Jaganmohan workers. Shah is all set to leave the party’s proximity with the party top " Reddy, popularly known as YS Jagan's mother YS president post, creating a void leadership, which had entrust- Jagan, who led his party to a Vijayamma, his wife Bharati, which not many within the BJP ed him with the challenging # landslide victory in recent sister Sharmila and other mem- can easily fill up. However, JP task of overseeing party's Uttar Assembly polls, took oath as bers of the family were specially Nadda, Health Minister in the Pradesh performance in the the second Chief Minister of seated on the dais. NDA I, has emerged as front tenant of Prime Minister recent Lok Sabha polls. & Andhra Pradesh post its bifur- Jagan reached the stadium runner for the post. Narendra Modi and Amit The new BJP chief will cation, at a grand public func- and went around the galleries The name of Dharmendra Shah, Nadda also enjoys sup- straight away face the challenge '( $% tion in Municipal Stadium in in an open-top jeep to greet Pradhan was also doing the port from the RSS. of leading the party to victory % Vijayawada on Thursday. thousands of people who came rounds as Shah's replacement, A Rajya Sabha member, in State Assembly elections of & ' Jagan (46), was adminis- to witness the event.