Today's Big StoryAs 57 ministers join PM for second innings, all eyes set on portfolio allocation today
Narendra Modi took oath of the office of prime minister for the second time on Thursday and trimmed his council of ministers from 76 to 58, inducting BJP chief Amit Shah in the Union Cabinet and dropping key ministers like Sushma Swaraj, Maneka Gandhi, Suresh Prabhu and Radha Mohan Singh.
Here is a full list of cabinet ministers who took oath after the PM at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. All eyes will now be on the who will get what portfolio. The cabinet will be meeting at 5 pm today.Follow the live updates here.Of surprises: BJP president Amit Shah emerged from the backstage, from where he directed the BJP’s ascent to its zenith, to take centre stage. But what does Shah's ministerial position mean for the BJP's larger politics? Is Modi grooming Shah for administration?
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s name was the other surprise in the list of Cabinet ministers. Jaishankar was the foreign secretary from January 2015 to January 2018 and has previously held positions like the high commissioner to Singapore, and ambassador to China and the United States of America.At loggerheads: Meanwhile, peeved about being allocated only one cabinet berth, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal-United (JD-U) decided to opt out of the Narendra Modi government.
JD(U), while reasserting their support for the National Democratic Alliance, said that the offer made by the BJP hadn’t been acceptable. The Bihar CM ensured his presence at the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan nevertheless.Other ally troubles: The only NDA ally that has not found a place in Narendra Modi’s new cabinet is the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).
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