10th June 2024: Narendra Modi has been sworn in as Prime Minister of India for a third consecutive term. The ceremony took place at Rashtrapati Bhawan, where President Droupadi Murmu administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Modi and the new Council of Ministers.
The swearing-in included 31 Cabinet Ministers, five Ministers of State (Independent Charge), and 36 Ministers of State. Key BJP leaders such as Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nirmala Sitharaman, and BJP President J.P. Nadda were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers.
Other notable Cabinet Ministers include Kiren Rijiju, Pralhad Joshi, Giriraj Singh, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Bhupender Yadav, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Annapurna Devi, Hardeep Singh Puri, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, G. Kishan Reddy, C.R. Patil, Dr. Virendra Kumar, and Jual Oram. Former Chief Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Manohar Lal, and Sarbanand Sonowal were also inducted as Cabinet Ministers.
Among the new Cabinet members are former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) MP H.D. Kumaraswamy, former Bihar Chief Minister and HAM party chief Jiten Ram Manjhi, JD(U) MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh, TDP MP Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, and LJP (Ram Vilas) Chief Chirag Paswan.
BJP leaders Rao Inderjit Singh, Dr. Jitendra Singh, and Arjun Ram Meghwal, along with Prataprao Jadhav of Shiv Sena and RLD Chief Jayant Chaudhary, were sworn in as Ministers of State (Independent Charge).
The ceremony was attended by leaders from neighboring countries and the Indian Ocean region, underscoring India’s diplomatic ties and regional influence.