Tesla and X owner Elon Musk congratulates Modi on being elected as the PM for the 3rd term.
New Delhi, NFAPost: Setting new agenda in India’s march to become a global powerhouse, Narendra Modi took as the Prime Minister of India for a third straight term.
The NDA won 286 seats in this election, and the BJP won 240 seats, falling short of the 272 majority mark. By swearing in as the Prime Minister for the third time he equalled the record of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who won in the 1952, 1957 and 1962 general elections.
Narendra Modi is swon in as the Prime Minister along with with 72 ministers after National Democratic Alliance won 18th Lok Sabha election. BJP had won 303 and 282 seats respectively in 2019 and 2014, respectively, to have a majority on its own.
After Narendra Modi, senior leaders like Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari also took oath on Sunday alongside other Cabinet Ministers Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Rajeev Ranjan Singh, Sarbanand Sonowal and Dr Virendra Kumar.
Two MPs each from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the BJP in Andhra Pradesh, where the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 21 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats, took oath. Several leaders, including TDP’s Ram Mohan Naidu, Pemmasani Chandrashekhar, JD(S)‘s H.D. Kumaraswamy, BJP’s Sarbananda Sonowal have been inducted into the Cabinet.
Before the swearing-in, Narendra Modi held a meeting of ministers probable over tea. The Prime Minister has been following the custom of hosting tea meet before the Cabinet formation since 2014.
“Whatever work will be assigned to you, do that sincerely and be humble as people love those who are humble. At the same time never compromise on probity and transparency,” said Narendra Modi.
Modi also told the elected representatives to give respect and dignity to all MPs, irrespective of their parties.
Tesla and X owner Elon Musk has congratulated Narendra Modi on being elected as the Prime Minister of India for the third term. In a post on his X timeline, Musk said he looks forward to his companies doing exciting work in India.
“Congratulations Narendra Modi on your victory in the world’s largest democratic elections! Looking forward to my companies doing exciting work in India,” Elon Musk wrote on X on Friday.
Ministers who swon in today
Rajnath Singh, who held the Union Defence Minister’s post in the previous government, was sworn in on Sunday.
Amit Shah, who was the Union Home Minister in the Modi 2.0, was inducted into the new government.
Nitin Gadkari, who held the post of Union Minister of Road and Transport, was part of the newly-formed NDA government.
JP Nadda, who is the BJP national chief, was the new entrant to the Narendra Modi-led Cabinet
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, has been given a Cabinet berth
Nirmala Sitharaman, who held Finance portfolio previously, was part of new government
Dr S Jaishankar, who was the External Affairs Minister, was part of Modi 3.0
Manohar Lal Khattar, who quit as Haryana Chief Minister in March, was given Cabinet post
HD Kumaraswamy, chief of JD(S), was sworn in as Union Minister in the PM Modi-led NDA government
Piyush Goyal, who secured his first Lok Sabha term after defeating Congress candidate, was sworn in as Union Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan, who was a Union minister in previous government, was sworn in as Union Minister again
Jitan Ram Manjhi, founder of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), took oath as a Union Cabinet Minister
Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, leader from Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), took oath as a Union Cabinet Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP leader from Assam, was sworn-in as Union Minister
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Telugu Desam Party leader, was included into Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government
Dr. Virendra Kumar took oath as Cabinet Minister in the third term of PM Modi-led government
Jual Oram was sworn-in as Union Minister in the Modi 3.0
Pralhad Joshi was sworn-in as Union Minister on Sunday
Ashwini Vaishnaw, who held the Railways portfolio previously, took oath as Union Cabinet Minister
Giriraj Singh was sworn-in as Union Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government
Jyotiraditya Scindia, who won his fifth term in Lok Sabha, was sworn in as Union Minister
Bhupendra Yadav, who was Union Cabinet Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, was included in Modi 3.0
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who won his third term from Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency, took oath as Union Cabinet Minister
Annapurna Devi, a BJP leader, was sworn-in as Union Minister in the PM Modi-led NDA government
Kiren Rijiju, who has been one of the key ministers in Narendra Modi cabinet since the BJP came into power in 2014, took oath today
Mansukh Mandaviya, who held the post of Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare in previous regime, took oath on Sunday
Hardeep Singh Puri, who has been a Rajya Sabha member since 2018, was sworn-in as Union Minister
GK Reddy was sworn-in as Union Minister in the newly formed NDA government
Chirag Paswan, whose party Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas (LJP-RV) allied with NDA, took oath in Modi 3.0
CR Patil took oath as a Union Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government
Rao Inderjit Singh, who is a six-term MP, took oath as Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Jitendra Singh, Udhampur MP, was sworn as MoS (Independent Charge)
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bikaner MP, took oath as MoS (Independent Charge)
Prataprao Jadhav, Shiv Sena leader from Eknath Shinde faction, was included in Modi 3.0
Jayant Chaudhary, whose party RLD allied with NDA before polls, was given MoS (Independent Charge)
MINISTERS OF STATE
Jitin Prasada, who joined BJP in 2021 before 2022 UP assembly polls, was inducted as MoS
Shripad Naik, who is six-time North Goa MP, is part of the third Narendra Modi government as well
Pankaj Chaudhary, who held MoS (Finance) in second Modi ministry, took oath today
Krishan Pal Gurjar, who won from Faridabad, is part of Modi 3.0
Ramdas Athawale, Republican Party of India chief, was sworn in as Union minister
Nityanand Rai, who won from Ujiyarpur Lok Sabha seat, takes oath as Union Minister
Anupriya Patel, whose party Apna Pal allied with NDA, was sworn in as Union Minister
V Somanna, who won from Tumkur seat, is part of Modi 3.0
Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, leader from Chandrababu Naidu’s party, took oath as Union Minister
SP Singh Baghel, who won his fifth term as MP from Agra, is part of Modi 3.0
Shobha Karandlaje, who won from the Bangalore North seat, was sworn in as Union Minister
Kirti Vardhan Singh, three-time BJP MP, took oath as Union Minister
BL Verma, who is Uttar Pradesh BJP’s vice president, is part of Modi 3.0
Shantanu Thakur, BJP MP from Bangaon, was sworn in as Union Minister on Sunday
Kamlesh Paswan, 3-time MP from Bengal, was sworn-in as Union Minister
Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who was elected from Karimnagar by margin of 2.25 lakhs votes, took oath today
Ajay Tamta, BJP leader from Uttarakhand, was sworn-in as Union minister
Dr L Murugan, who was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in April, was sworn in as Union minister
Suresh Gopi, actor-turned-politician, is also part of PM Modi-led government
Ravneet Singh Bittu, who switched from Congress to BJP in March, took oath in Modi 3.0
Sanjay Seth, BJP leader who won from Ranchi, was sworn in as Union Minister
Raksha Khadse, three-time Lok Sabha MP, is part of third Modi government
Bhagirath Choudhary, who won from Ajmer Lok Sabha seat, took oath as MoS
Satish Chandra Dubey, who was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in July 2022, was sworn in on Sunday
Durgadas Uikey, BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, is part of Modi 3.0
Sukanta Majumdar, who is West Bengal BJP chief, was sworn in as Union minister
Savitri Thakur, BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, was chosen to be part of third Modi government
Tokhan Sahu, who won from Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur seat, took oath as MoS
Raj Bhushan Choudhary, who won the 2024 polls from Muzaffarpur seat, was sworn in today
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma, Andhra Pradesh BJP leader, is part of Modi 3.0
Harsh Malhotra, former Mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation, took oath as Union Minister
Nimuben Bambhaniam, who won from Bhavnagar Lok Sabha seat, was sworn in today
Murlidhar Mohol, former Pune Mayor, is also a part of Modi Cabinet
George Kurian, state general secretary of the BJP’s Kerala unit, took oath as Union Minister
Pabitra Margherita, Rajya Sabha MP from Assam, was sworn in as Union Minister in PM Modi-led Cabinet
The BJP heavyweights from the Modi 2.0, who were missing from the oath-taking ceremony of the Modi 3.0.
1. Ajay Bhatt (won the election)
2. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (lost the election)
3. Meenakshi Lekhi (did not contest)
4. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
5. General VK Singh (Retd) (did not contest)
6. RK Singh (lost the election)
7. Arjun Munda (lost the election)
8. Smriti Irani (lost the election)
9. Anurag Thakur (won the election)
10. Rajeev Chandrasekhar (lost the election)
11. Nisith Pramanik (lost the election)
12. Ajay Mishra Teni (lost the election)
13. Subhas Sarkar (lost the election)
14. John Barla
15. Bharti Pawar (lost the election)
16. Ashwini Kumar Choubey (did not contest)
17. Raosaheb Danve (lost the election)
18. Kapil Patil (lost the election)
19. Narayan Rane (won the election)
20. Bhagwat Karad
