New faces in Modi government |
As team of Prime Minister Narendra Modi 2.0 took oath, many veterans and fresh faces were seen taking oath of office and secrecy. Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah and diplomat S.Jaishankar were the prominent new faces in the council of ministers. Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar made it clear that his party though, will remain in alliance with BJP in Bihar, it will not take part in the government. However, some prominent and well-performing names like Sushma Swaraj and J.P. Nadda were missing from Modi`s team. A total of 58 ministers — 25 cabinet ministers and 33 ministers of state — took oath of secrecy on Thursday at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan. Sushma Swaraj, who had served as external affairs minister in Modi government between 2014 to 2019, had opted out of contesting Lok Sabha elections this year but could have been inducted through the Rajya Sabha route. Her exit from team Modi came as a major surprise. Among other prominent BJP leaders who did not find a place in the Cabinet that was sworn-in on Thursday included Rajyavardhan Rathore, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Suresh Prabhu, Radha Mohan Singh and Jayant Sinha.
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