Tag: New Council Of Ministers

New Delhi: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his 57-member council of ministers were sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday, it is learnt that several of the top ministers have been given the following portfolios: *PM Modi will be in charge of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; […]

New Delhi: In a major surprise, Sushma Swaraj, one of the senior-most leaders of the BJP, was among several ministers of the previous Council of Ministers to be omitted from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new government which was sworn-in on Thursday. Also missing in the new Council of Ministers were Suresh Prabhu, J.P. Nadda, Uma […]

New Delhi: The Modi government has rewarded MPs who defeated political heavyweights in their respective parliamentary constituencies with their induction in the Union Council of Ministers. The front-runner for a cabinet berth is Smriti Zubin Irani, who defeated Rahul Gandhi in a closely fought election in Gandhis’ family bastion Amethi, has been inducted as a […]