Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expand his Council of Ministers and reshuffled his Cabinet for the first time since the NDA government came to power. The new ministers took the oath of office at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Here are the live updates of the Cabinet expansion:
1.58 pm: Rajkot MP Mohan Kundaria takes oath as minister of state.
1.55 pm: Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary takes oath as minister of state.
1.53 pm: Ram Kripal Yadav takes oath as minister of state.
1.51 pm: MA Naqvi takes oath as minister of state.
1.49 pm: Gautam Buddha Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma takes oath as minister of state.
1.46 pm: Bihar MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy takes oath as minister of state.
1.45 pm: BJP MP from Telangana Bandaru Dattatreya takes oath.
1.42 pm: Ch Birender Singh takes oath as a Cabinet minister.
1.40 pm: BJP leader J.P. Nadda takes oath as a Cabinet minister.
1.38 pm: Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu takes oath as a Cabinet minister. He is tipped to be an advisor to the government.
1.36 pm: Manohar Parrikar takes oath as minister in Modi Cabinet. He is tipped to get the defence portfolio.
1.36 pm: Manohar Parrikar takes oath as minister in Modi Cabinet.
1.33 pm: Swearing-in ceremony of new ministers set to start in a few minutes.
1.25 pm: Shiv Sena MP Anil Desai unlikely to take oath as minister. Uddhav Thackeray is apparently upset at his MP not being offered Cabinet rank.
1.14 pm: Manohar Parrikar, Suresh Prabhu, Virender Singh and J.P. Nadda will be Cabinet ministers, say sources.
1.08 pm: Swearing-in ceremony of new ministers to be held in Rashtrapati Bhavan soon.
12.33 pm: Nawada MP Giriraj Singh: “Will let you know when we get info (on his probable portfolio in the Modi government).”
12. 12 pm: Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu is likely to be made an advisor to the government and get a Cabinet rank.
12.11 pm: BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy: It’s a great opportunity to work with PM as a part of his team, looking forward to it.
12.05 pm: Sena clarifies that Anil Desai is in Delhi and that does not necessarily mean that he will take oath as minister. Sena still waiting for BJP’s offer.
