Narendra Modi sworn in as the PM for the third time

• Modi is the only politician after Nehru to become Prime Minister for three consecutive terms
• 69 MPs along with Modi took oath as ministers
• Heads of 7 countries attended the swearing-in ceremony

New Delhi – Narendra Modi, leader of the National Democratic Alliance, took oath as Prime Minister in a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan courtyard on 9th June. Along with him, 69 other MPs were sworn in as ministers. President Draupadi Murmu administered oaths to all. 8,000 dignitaries like Heads of State of 7 countries, ambassadors of various countries, chief ministers of different States, ministers, party leaders, MLAs, distinguished citizens etc. were present on this occasion. Narendra Modi became the first leader after Nehru to hold the post of Prime Minister for 3 consecutive terms.

List of MPs who took the oath of office

Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Manohar Lal Khattar, J. P. Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Dharmendra Pradhan, Dr S Jaishankar, Kiren Rijiju, Anupriya Patel, H. D. Kumaraswamy, Ramnath Thakur, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Jitin Prasada, Suresh Gopi, Pankaj Chaudhary, Rajbhushan Chaudhary, Sanjay Seth, Shobha Karandlaje, Hardeep Singh Puri, Pralhad Joshi, Giriraj Singh, Jayant Chaudhary, Nityanand Rai, B. L. Verma, Annapurna Devi, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Rao Inderjit Singh, Ajay Tamta, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Chirag Paswan, Nirmala Sitharaman, G Kishan Reddy, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, etc.

Heads of State present at the ceremony

The ceremony was attended by President of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu, Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth, Vice President of Seychelles Ahmed Afif (these three island countries are in the Indian Ocean), Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay and Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were present.

6 Ministers from Maharashtra

Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Raksha Khadse, Murlidhar Mohol (all from BJP), Ramdas Athawale (RPI) and Prataprao Jadhav (Shiv Sena)

Shripad Naik from Goa

BJP’s Shripad Naik from Goa also took oath as minister.

Will give a ministerial post to the NCP during the expansion of the Union Cabinet ! – Fadnavis

Mumbai – The NCP had nominated Praful Patel for the post of minister. He was given the Minister of State with Independent Charge; however, the NCP said that it would not be appropriate for Patel to accept the post of Minister of State as he has been a cabinet minister at the Centre in the past. NCP demanded that Patel be given the post of cabinet minister even during the cabinet’s expansion. Thus, Devendra Fadnavis said that he would be given the post of cabinet minister during the expansion of the cabinet.