Prime Minister Narendra Modi Expanded his Union Council of Ministers for the second time since 2014.

The new cabinet has 19 new Ministers are from 10 States, while earlier in the day, five ministers Nihalchand, Manuskhbhai D Vasva, M K Kundariya, Sanwar Lal Jat and Ram Shankar Katheria tendered their resignations to PM Modi.

The ceremony was conducted at the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The senior leaders of the BJP were present during the program.

PM Modi tweeted, “Congrats to newly sworn-in colleagues. Lets work together to bring a positive difference & for #TransformingIndia.”

New ministers in the cabinet:

1) SS Ahluwalia, 65, Lok Sabha MP from Darjeeling

2) Ramesh Chandappa Jigjinagi, 64, Lok Sabha MP from Bijapur (Karnataka)

3) Parshottam Rupala, 61, Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)

4) MJ Akbar, 65, Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh)

5) Arjun Ram Meghwal, 65, Lok Sabha MP from Bikaner (Rajasthan)

6) Anil Madhav Dave, 59, Rajya Sabha, Madhya Pradesh

7) Vijay Goel, 62, Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan)

8) Rajen Gohain, 65, Lok Sabha Nawgong (Assam)

9) Mahendra Nath Pandey, 58, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

10) CR Chaudhary, 68, Lok Sabha MP from Nagaur (Rajasthan)

11) PP Chaudhary, 63, LS MP from Pali (Rajasthan)

12) Ramdas Athawale, 56, Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra)

13) Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, 62, LS MP from Dhule (Maharashtra)

14) Jaswant Sinh Bhabhor, 49, LS MP from Dahod (Gujarat)

15) Mansukh Mandaviya, 44, Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)

16) Faggan Singh Kulaste, 57, LS MP fro Mandla (Madhya Pradesh)

17) Ajay Tamta, 43, LS MP from Almora (Uttarakhand)

18) Anupriya Singh Patel, 35, LS MP from Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

19) Krishna Raj, 49, LS MP from Shahjahanpur (UP)  

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