In a historic turn of events, Narendra Modi has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of India for an unprecedented third consecutive term, a feat only achieved once before by India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, securing 240 seats, falling short of the majority mark by just 32 seats.The Modi 3.0 Cabinet, which took oath today, reflects a significant shift in the political landscape. In a move that underscores the BJP’s expanding alliances, several key ministerial positions have been allocated to leaders from allied parties. This includes representatives from N. Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction, Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena, and Jayant Chaudhary’s Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).
However, the new cabinet also marks the exclusion of several BJP heavyweights who were part of the previous government. Notable omissions include Smriti Irani, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Anurag Thakur, and RK Singh, signaling a potential shift in the party’s strategy and leadership dynamics.
Sources have revealed that the allocation of portfolios will take place only after the oath-taking ceremony, adding an element of anticipation to the political discourse.
Here’s the full list of Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State (MoS) in Modi 3.0:
- Narendra Modi (BJP, Varanasi, UP) – Prime Minister
- Amit Shah (BJP, Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
- Rajnath Singh (BJP, Lucknow, UP)
- Nirmala Sitharaman (BJP, Rajya Sabha)
- Nitin Gadkari (BJP, Nagpur, Maharashtra)
- Piyush Goyal (BJP, Mumbai North, Maharashtra)
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan (BJP, Vidisha, MP)
- Ashwini Vaishnaw (BJP, Rajya Sabha)
- Hardeep Singh Puri (BJP, Rajya Sabha)
- Dharmendra Pradhan (BJP, Sambalpur, Odisha)
- Pralhad Joshi (BJP, Dharwad, Karnataka)
- S Jaishankar (BJP, Rajya Sabha)
- Mansukh Mandaviya (BJP, Porbandar, Gujarat)
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (BJP, Jodhpur, Rajasthan)
- Jitendra Singh (BJP, Jammu, J&K)
- Kirti Vardhan Singh (BJP, Gonda, UP)
- Kiran Rijiju (BJP, Arunachal West)
- Jyotiraditya Scindia (BJP, Guna, MP)
- BL Verma (BJP, Rajya Sabha)
- Satish Chandra Dubey (BJP, Rajya Sabha)
- Savitri Thakur (BJP, Dhar, MP)
- Giriraj Singh (BJP, Begusarai, Bihar)
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary (BJP, Muzaffarpur, Bihar)
- Tokhan Sahu (BJP, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh)
- Durga Das Uikey (BJP, Betul, MP)
- Nityanand Rai (BJP, Ujiarpur, Bihar)
- ML Khattar (BJP, Karnal, Haryana)
- Bhupendra Yadav (BJP, Alwar, Rajasthan)
- Jitin Prasada (BJP, Pilibhit, UP)
- SP Singh Baghel (BJP, Agra, UP)
- Rao Inderjeet Singh (BJP, Gurgaon, Haryana) – MoS
- Sukanta Majumdar (BJP, Balurghat, West Bengal)
- Kamaljeet Sehrawat (BJP, West Delhi, Delhi)
- Krishan Pal Gurjar (BJP, Faridabad, Haryana)
- Suresh Gopi (BJP, Thrissur, Kerala) – MoS
- George Kurian (BJP, Kerala)
- L Murugan (BJP, Tamil Nadu)
- Sanjay Seth (BJP, Ranchi, Jharkhand)
- Annapurna Devi (BJP, Kodarma, Jharkhand)
- Chandra Prakash (BJP, Giridih, Jharkhand)
- Pankaj Chaudhary (BJP, Maharajganj, Jharkhand)
- G Kishan Reddy (BJP, Secunderabad, Telangana)
- Ajay Tamta (BJP, Almora, Uttarakhand) – MoS
- Shripad Naik (BJP, North Goa, Goa)
- Harsh Malhotra (BJP, East Delhi, Delhi)
- Bandi Sanjay (BJP, Karimnagar, Telangana)
- Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP, Dibrugarh, Assam)
- Raksha Khadse (BJP, Raver, Maharashtra)
- Murlidhar Mohol (BJP, Pune, Maharashtra)
- Shobha Karandlaje (BJP, Bangalore North, Karnataka) – MoS
- Bhagirath Choudhary (BJP, Ajmer, Rajasthan)
- CR Patil (BJP, Navsari, Gujarat)
- Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya (BJP, Bhavnagar, Gujarat)
- V Somanna (BJP, Tumkur, Karnataka)
- Arjun Ram Meghwal (BJP, Bikaner, Rajasthan)
- Shantanu Thakur (BJP, Bangaon, West Bengal) – MoS
- Kamlesh Paswan (BJP, Bansgaon, UP)
- Ram Mohan Naidu (TDP, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh)
- Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani (TDP, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh)
- Prataprao Jadhav (Shiv Sena, Buldhana, Maharashtra)
- Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma (BJP, Narasapuram, Andhra Pradesh)
- Ramdas Athawale (RPI, Maharashtra)
- Ramnath Thakur (JDU, Rajya Sabha)
- Lalan Singh (JDU, Munger, Bihar)
- HD Kumaraswamy (JDS, Mandya, Karnataka)
- Chirag Paswan (LJP, Hajipur, Bihar)
- Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM, Gaya, Bihar)
- Jayant Chaudhary (RLD) – MoS
- Anupriya Patel (Apna Dal, Mirzapur, UP)
This diverse cabinet composition reflects the BJP’s efforts to broaden its appeal and consolidate its position as the dominant force in Indian politics. The inclusion of regional leaders and the strategic omission of certain BJP stalwarts hint at a recalibration of the party’s strategy as it embarks on its third consecutive term under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
