New Delhi:
Union Ministers S Jaishankar and Ashwini Vaishnaw in the present day took cost of the Exterior Affairs and Railways ministries, two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of workplace for a document third time period together with 71 ministers in a brand new coalition authorities.
The 4 high ministries are unchanged in PM Modi’s new cupboard – Amit Shah retains the Residence Ministry, Rajnath Singh Defence, S Jaishankar stays Overseas minister and Nirmala Sitharaman retains Finance.
“Assumed cost because the Minister of Exterior Affairs. Thank PM @narendramodi for assigning me this accountability,” S Jaishankar posted on X – previously generally known as Twitter – after taking cost because the Exterior Affairs Minister for the second consecutive time period.
Assumed cost because the Minister of Exterior Affairs.
Thank PM @narendramodi for assigning me this accountability. pic.twitter.com/XVgHgV3kJ4
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@DrSJaishankar) June 11, 2024
Ashwini Vaishnaw has retained Railways Ministry, a key portfolio within the Cupboard. He has been given a further cost because the Minister of Data and Broadcasting. Anurag Thakur, the BJP MP from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, was the I&B minister within the earlier time period.
Mr Vaishnaw has additionally retained the Ministry of Data and Know-how.
After taking cost, Mr Vaishnaw thanked PM Modi and mentioned the Prime Minister has an “emotional join” with the Railways. “Folks have blessed PM Modi once more to serve the nation. Railways can have a really huge position. Within the final 10 years, PM Narendra Modi has achieved a whole lot of reforms in Railways,” Mr Vaishnaw mentioned whereas talking to reporters at his workplace.
The Council of Ministers includes 30 Cupboard Ministers, 5 Ministers of State with Unbiased Cost, and 36 Ministers of State.
On this new cupboard, important illustration has been given to states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, with Bihar securing 4 cupboard spots and Uttar Pradesh getting 9 ministers. Forty-two ministers are from the Different Backward Class (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC), and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities.
PM Modi, 73, will head a coalition authorities for the primary time since he turned Prime Minister in 2014 after 10 years of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule.
He’s the second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to be elected for a 3rd time period in a row.
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