NEW DELHI, June 10, 2024 (TBINN)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top four ministers — Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S. Jaishankar — have retained their respective Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs portfolios, according to an official statement.
Among new entrants to the Union Cabinet, former Madhya Pradesh’s chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been given Agriculture and Rural Development portfolios, Bhartiya Janta Party’s president J.P. Nadda the Health portfolio and former Haryana’s chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar the portfolio of Power.
Nitin Gadkari will continue as Eoad Transport Minister, while Dharmendra Pradhan will retain his Education Portfolio.
Kiren Rijiju has been moved from Earth Sciences Ministry to the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, while Arjun Ram Meghwal will continue as Law Minister. Sarbananda Sonowal has retained the Shipping Portfolio, according to the statement.
Notably, Narendra Modi and 71 ministers took oath of office and secrecy on Sunday in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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