daily Vol No. 55 No. 148 JAMMU, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2019 REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 18 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 Modi sworn-in as PM for 2nd term; Shah in, Jaishankar surprise pick; Rajnath, Gadkari, Irani retained NEW DELHI, May 30: represented allies Akali Dal, Swaraj, Prabhu, Maneka, Rathore among those dropped Shiv Sena and LJP respectively. Narendra Modi was today The 9 who took oath as min- sworn in as the Prime Minister Oram, Ram Kripal Yadav, ister of state with independent for a second term helming a Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, all Council of Ministers Cabinet Ministers Nadda may be charge are -- Santosh Kumar 58-member Ministry with BJP of BJP, and Anupriya Patel (of Gangwar, Rao Inderjit Singh, chief Amit Shah making his BJP ally Apna Dal) failed to 1. Rajnath Singh 2. Amit Shah party chief Shripad Yesso Naik, Jitendra debut at the Centre and for- make the cut despite winning Singh, Kiren Rijiju, Prahalad mer Foreign Secretary S their respective seats. 3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari BJP leader J P Nadda has 4. D V Sadananda Gowda Singh Patel, Raj Kumar Singh, Jaishankar emerging as a sur- Anantkumar Hegde, a Hindutva emerged as the likely 5. Nirmala Sitharaman Hardeep Singh Puri and prise pick while party veteran leader from Karnataka who is 6. Ramvilas Paswan replacement for Amit Shah Mansukh L Mandaviya. Sushma Swaraj was among known for his controversial 7. Narendra Singh Tomar as the party president after he The 24 Ministers of State the outgoing Ministers who statements, was also dropped. 8. Ravi Shankar Prasad was left out of the Union were --Faggan Singh Kulaste, found no place. Suresh Prabhu and J P Nadda 9. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Council of Ministers, which Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Arjun Wearing a beige Nehru jack- (both Rajya Sabha) also did not 10. Thaawar Chand Gehlot was sworn in today, accord- Ram Meghwal, V K Singh, et, Modi, 68, was administered find a place. 11. Dr S Jaishankar ing to BJP sources. Krishan Pal, Danve Raosaheb the oath of office and secrecy by Arun Jaitley, who held the 12. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' With Shah joining the Dadarao, G Kishan Reddy, President Ram Nath Kovind at a Finance portfolio, had already 13. Arjun Munda Cabinet of Prime Minister Parshottam Rupala, Ramdas glittering ceremony just before opted out of the Government for 14. Smriti Zubin Irani Narendra Modi, he may Athawale, Sadhvi Niranjan sunset at the forecourt of majes- health reasons. 15. Harsh Vardhan demit the office of BJP chief 16. Prakash Javadekar Jyoti, Babul Supriyo, Sanjeev tic Rashtrapati Bhavan, capping Union Minister Hardeep as part of the party’s “one- Kumar Balyan, Dhotre Sanjay Singh Puri, a former Diplomat 17. Piyush Goyal person one-post” principle. *Watch video on 18. Dharmendra Pradhan Shamrao, Anurag Singh Thakur, www.excelsiornews.com who lost the elections, managed Nadda, a Brahmin Angadi Suresh Channabasappa, to retain his berth. Jaishankar President Ram Nath Kovind administering the oath of office of the Prime Minister to Narendra 19. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi leader from Himachal 20. Pralhad Joshi Nityanand Rai, Rattan Lal a landslide win for the BJP and Puri will have to enter Modi at a swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Thursday. Pradesh, enjoys the confi- 21. Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey Kataria, V Muraleedharan, which won 303 of the 542 seats. Parliament within 6 months and JD(U), will, however, remain Jaishankar, was the Indian Supriyo and Debasree 22. Arvind Ganpat Sawant dence of the party’s top Renuka Singh Saruta, Som Besides 25 Cabinet they could take the Rajya Sabha part of the NDA. Government's pointsman for Chaudhuri. Kerala, where the 23. Giriraj Singh brass, is trusted by the Parkash, Rameswar Teli, Pratap Ministers including Modi, Shah, route. Smriti Irani, who earned the China and the US. BJP drew a blank, had a token 24. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Rashtriya Swayamsewak Chandra Sarangi, Kailash Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Portfolios for the news tag of giant killer for defeating Son of late K representation in V (Contd on page 6 Col 7) (Contd on page 6 Col 1) Choudhary, Debasree Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Ministers were not announced Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in Subrahmanyam, one of India's Muraleedharan, the Rajya Sabha Chaudhuri. and showbiz stars rubbed D V Sadananda Gowda, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal and amid reports that Shah may his home turf in Amethi in Uttar leading strategic analysts, MP from Maharashtra. With Modi pledging 'sabka shoulders as they watched Narendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Jaishankar, nine were sworn in get the Finance portfolio and Pradesh, was among the six Jaishankar was a key member of As the sun set over the saath, sabka vikas and sabka President Kovind administer Shankar Prasad, Thanwar Chand as Ministers of State with Rajnath retaining Home. women Ministers. the Indian team which negotiat- Rashtrapati Bhavan, the two- vishwas' mantra, Naqvi, the the oath of office. Former Gehlot, Ramesh Pokhriyal, Independent charge and another Key BJP ally JD(U) stayed While the inclusion of Shah, ed the landmark Indo-US hour swearing-in ceremony Cabinet's lone Muslim face, will Prime Minister Manmohan Arjun Munda, Harsh Vardhan, 24 as Ministers of State. out of the Government in what seen as BJP's key strategist who nuclear deal. commenced with 8,000 people have the responsibility of win- Singh, Congress President Prakash Javadekar, Dharmendra "Honoured to serve India!" appears to be a sign of differ- helped the party expand its base Jaishankar retired from the packing into the forecourt of the ning the hearts of minorities and Rahul Gandhi and UPA Pradhan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, tweeted Modi after taking the ences with the saffron party after taking over the reins of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) historic British-era Presidential taking forward the 'development Chairperson Sonia Gandhi Pralhad Joshi, Mahendra Nath oath. over the number of ministerial party in 2014, was the subject of only last year to join Tata Trusts. palace. without appeasement' policy. were among those who were Pandey, Giriraj Singh and Besides Swaraj, who did not berths offered to the party intense speculation since the Uttar Pradesh accounted for In a grand ceremony with Modi can have as many as 80 present. Gajendra Shekhawat were the contest the elections on health "We are not joining the party's spectacular victory on a maximum of 9 Ministers while overtones of a US presidential Ministers in the 543-member The two-hour ceremony is other BJP leaders who were grounds, eight-time MP Maneka Government. This is our deci- May 23, Jaishankar, considered states like West Bengal where inauguration, heads of state Lok Sabha. the largest event to be held in made cabinet ministers. Gandhi, six-time MP sion," Pavan Varma, who is also close to Modi, was a surprise the BJP had a spectacular show- and government, chief minis- As per the Constitution, the Radhamohan Singh, Mahesh the general secretary of the pick. ing winning 18 seats accounted ters, India Inc honchos, oppo- Rashtrapati Bhavan, officials Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Arvind Sharma, Jayant Sinha, Jual Janata Dal (United), said. The A seasoned Diplomat, for two ministers--Babul sition leaders, BJP members said. Sawant, and Ram Vilas Paswan (Contd on page 6 Col 5) Dr Jitendra makes it to Phunsog is VC SEs, X-En, AEEs shifted Another Pak spy nabbed; hunt Ladakh Varsity Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, May 30: The Government today issued orders of Modi’s Ministry 2nd time Excelsior Correspondent transfer and postings of six Incharge Superintending Engineers on for more; hawala link surfaces SRINAGAR, May 30: In an (I/C SEs) while deputing an I/C Executive Engineer (Civil) to Changed narrative on J&K at national level important decision which will National Highway Authority of India (NHIA) and three I/C Corrective As the network of Pakistani arrested a day before including ensure speedy establishment Assistant Executive Engineers (AEEs) to Jammu University. spies seems to be bigger one as Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, 38, son and kick start functioning of the Official sources said that I/C SE, Parvaiz Qadeemi, awaiting anticipated earlier, police and of Atta Mohammad Malik R/o Excelsior Correspondent ing series of reforms in the measures to Prime Minister's Office University of Ladakh, orders of posting has been placed in R&B Circle Pulwama - Intelligence agencies have inten- Udhyanpur, Doda and Nadeem JAMMU, May 30: Second Governor, Satya Pal Malik Shopian, I/C SE Ravinder Kumar Mansotra to JDA vice Bachan sified raids to apprehend all of Akhter, 24, son of Mohammad (PMO), development of North counter data leak time Lok Sabha member from East, whose Independent (Chancellor of the University) Lal, who has been sent to J&K Police Housing Corporation. them but, sources told the Shaffi R/o Malhar, Kathua. They has approved appointment of C Udhampur- charge was held by him, and I/C SE, Rajinder Pal Gupta, awaiting orders of posting has Excelsior, the busting of entire were taken into custody when Phunsog, a retired IAS officer Kathua- effectively projecting the been placed as Nodal Officer, State Quality Control Coordinator module could take some more they were videographing loca- as the first Vice Chancellor of Doda con- nationalist voice of J&K at PMGSY Jammu against available vacancy, I/C SE Dharam Paul to time as the group members were tions of Ratnuchak Military University of Ladakh. J&K SIDCO while I/C SE Hem Raj, also awaiting orders of post- Sanjeev Pargal stituency, national and international lev- hiding in mountainous areas of Station on outskirts of Jammu Phunsog has an illustrious ing, has been placed in R&B Circle, Doda.