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    Home / News / Politics News / Cabinet Expansion 2021: Sonowal, Scindia, others sworn-in as Modi's ministers
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    Cabinet Expansion 2021: Sonowal, Scindia, others sworn-in as Modi's ministers
    This is the first Union Cabinet expansion in Narendra Modi's second term as PM.

    Cabinet Expansion 2021: Sonowal, Scindia, others sworn-in as Modi's ministers

    By Siddhant Pandey
    Jul 07, 2021
    06:25 pm

    What's the story

    The swearing-in ceremony for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Union Cabinet Ministers took place on Wednesday.

    Modi will be expanding his Cabinet, the first expansion in his second term as Prime Minister.

    BJP leaders Prakash Javdekar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, and Dr. Harsh Vardhan—who have now resigned as Union Ministers—were also present at the ceremony, which took place at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi.

    Details

    Rane, Sonowal, Scindia, others take oath

    Narayan Tatu Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Dr. Virendra Kumar, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ramachandra Prasad Singh, Ashwini Vasihnaw, were among the 43 ministers who took their oath of office on Wednesday.

    Their names had been released earlier.

    As yet, it remains unknown which ministries they will be allocated.

    Shortly before the ceremony, President Ram Nath Kovind had accepted the resignations of 12 Union Ministers.

    Meeting

    Modi held key meeting at residence earlier today

    Earlier on Wednesday, the PM had met ministerial probables at his official residence in Delhi.

    Most senior leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Cabinet ministers were present during the meeting, including Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP chief JP Nadda, former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal, MoS GK Reddy, MoS Kiren Rijiju, BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, among others.

    Twitter Post

    Meeting at Modi's official residence

    #WATCH | Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg with BJP MPs earlier today, ahead of union cabinet expansion. pic.twitter.com/NxQj1AggIX

    — ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

    Resignations

    Health, Education, Labour Ministers among 12 who quit

    Ahead of the Cabinet expansion, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan had quit, reportedly over the poor handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

    Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar also resigned, reportedly due to the migrant crisis.

    Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, MoS Environment Babul Supriyo, MoS Fisheries Pratap Sarangi, Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, among others, also quit.

    Recent news

    Yesterday, Modi's meeting was canceled; new ministry announced

    Earlier on Tuesday, Modi's meeting with ministers and Nadda was canceled.

    Separately, eight new Governors were appointed: Bandaru Dattatreya (Haryana), Hari Babu Kambhampati (Mizoram), Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel (Madhya Pradesh), PS Sreedharan Pillai (Goa), Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar (Himachal Pradesh), Ramesh Bais (Jharkhand), Satyadev Narayan Arya (Tripura), and Thawar Chand Gehlot (Karnataka).

    A new 'Ministry of Co-operation' was also announced late on Tuesday.

    Cabinet

    Union Cabinet can have 81 members

    The Union Cabinet can have up to 81 members, but until today, there were only 53 (i.e. there were 28 vacancies).

    Several ministers also carried the additional charge for multiple ministries.

    Earlier, it was reported that the decision to expand the Cabinet will be taken considering the upcoming state Assembly elections next year and the 2024 general elections.

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