43 leaders to take oath in Union Cabinet expansion today, reports ANI
India / 43 leaders to take oath in Union Cabinet expansion today, reports ANI
India - 43 leaders to take oath in Union Cabinet expansion today, reports ANI
New Delhi: As many as 43 new ministers, including big names like Jyotiraditya Scindia, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Anurag Thakur, are all set to be sworn in this evening in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Cabinet, which will be one of the most inclusive with record representation of SC, ST members.Ahead of the Cabinet expansion, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar and other many union ministers have already resigned from their respective posts.As per the ANI sources, post-expansion, there will be 12 members from the SC community, including two in the cabinet; eight members will be from Scheduled tribes in the council of ministers out of which three will be in the cabinet.Here is the final list of 43 new ministers:1) Bhagwanth Khuba2) Kapil Moreshwar Patil3) Pratima Bhoumik4) Dr. Subhas Sarkar5) Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad6) Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh7) Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar8) Bishweswar Tudu9) Shantanu Thakur10) Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai11) John Barla12) Dr. L. Murugan13) Nisith Pramanik14) Pankaj Choudhary15) Anupriya Singh Patel16) Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel17) Rajeev Chandrasekhar18) Shobha Karandlaje19) Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma20) Darshana Vikram Jardosh21) Meenakashi Lekhi22) Annpurna Devi23) A. Narayanaswamy24) Kaushal Kishore25) Ajay Bhatt26) B. L. Verma27) Ajay Kumar28) Chauhan Devusinh29) Narayan Tatu Rane30) Sarbananda Sonowal31) Dr. Virendra Kumar32) Jyotiraditya M Scindia33) Ramchandra Prasad Singh34) Ashwini Vaishnaw35) Pashu Pati Kumar Paras36) Kiren Rijiju37) Raj Kumar Singh38) Hardeep Singh Puri39) Mansukh Mandaviya40) Bhupender Yadav41) Parshottam Rupala42) G. Kishan Reddy43) Anurag Singh ThakurAfter cabinet expansion, the Modi government is expected to have 27 OBC leaders out of which five will be in the cabinet.Sources further informed that there will be a substantial increase in the number of professionals in the cabinet."Post expansion there will be 13 lawyers, six doctors, five engineers, and seven civil servants in total," the sources said.Union ministers R K Singh, Mansukh Mandaviya and Hardeep Singh Puri may also be promoted, they said.BJP president J P Nadda was present during the meetings.The expansion exercise is scheduled to be held at 6 pm at Rashtrapati Bhawan.As per earlier reports, there will be a special focus on bringing down the average age of the Modi cabinet, post-expansion there will be 14 ministers below the age of 50, and six will be in the cabinet.To bring in the administrative and federal experience of governance, 39 former MLAs and four former Chief Minister's will be part of the expanded cabinetLeaders from minority communities will also find greater representation after rejig.It is learned that one member each from Christian, Muslim, and Sikh communities and two Buddhists to be included.After expansion, it is learnt that there will also be five ministers from North East India in total.This will be the first reshuffle in his Council of Ministers by Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019.