43 ministers to take oath as PM Modi restructures government

New Delhi: Forty three new ministers will take oath on Wednesday evening in the first reshuffle in the second term of the Narendra Modi government.

The induction of 43 new faces has been preceded by the resignations of as many as 11 ministers.

Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Bihar will get strong representation in the Union Council of Ministers. The list includes former Chief Ministers Narayan Rane, (Maharashtra) and Sarbananda Sonowal (Assam).

Seven-time MP from Madhya Pradesh, Virendra Kumar, and former Congress leader who joined the BJP, also from MP, Jyotiraditya M Scindia are part of the list.

JD-U national President Ramchandra Prasad Singh, will represent Bihar along with Ajay Kumar, the MP from Bhagalpur, while Ashwini Vaishnaw, a Rajya Sabha member from Odisha, is also getting the call.

Leader of the LJP breakaway faction and later Ram Vilas Paswan's brother, Pashupati Kumar Paras also represents Bihar.

Among the existing ministers, Kiren Rijiju, Raj Kumar Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, Parshottam Rupala, G. Kishan Reddy, and Anurag Singh Thakur are expected to be promoted to Cabinet rank.

BJP General Secretary Bhupender Yadav, who is also getting inducted, will represent Rajasthan.

Uttar Pradesh which goes to the polls next year will have new faces in the form of Pankaj Chaudhary, the MP from Maharajganj, alliance partner Apna Dal's leader Anupriya Patel, Agra MP Satya Pal Singh Baghel, Jalaun MP Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Mohanlalganj MP Kaushal Kishore, and state BJP Vice President, B.L. Verma.

From Karnataka, Rajya Sabha MP, Rajeev Chandrasekhar and BJP Vice President Shobha Karandlaje will be the entrants alongwith Chitradurga MP A. Narayanswamy, and Bidar MP Bhagwanth Khuba.

From Gujarat, Surat MP Darshana Vikram Jardosh, Kheda MP Devusingh Chauhan, and Surendranagar MP Mahendrabhai Munjapara are getting inducted.

Among the women MPs, are New Delhi MP, Meenakashi Lekhi and Koderma MP Annapurna Devi.

Bankura MP and doctor Subhas Sarkar, and Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, a Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra and doctor, will take the oath.

Other inductees are Rajkumar Ranjan Singh from Manipur, Dindori (Maharashtra) MP Bharati Pravin Pawar, Mayurbhnaj MP Bishweswar Tudu, West Bengal MP, John Barla, Tamil Nadu BJP President L. Murugan and Cooch Behar MP Nisith Pramanik.

Uttarakhand will be represented by Ajay Bhatt.

Here is the complete list

1. Shri Narayan Tatu Rane

2. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

3. Dr. Virendra Kumar

4. Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia

5. Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh

6. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

7. Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras

8. Shri Kiren Rijiju

9. Shri Raj Kumar Singh

10.Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

11.Shri Mansukh Mandaviya

12.Shri Bhupender Yadav

13.Shri Parshottam Rupala

14.Shri G. Kishan Reddy

15.Shri Anurag Singh Thakur

16.Shri Pankaj Choudhary

17.Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel

18.Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel

19.Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar

20.Sushri Shobha Karandlaje

21.Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

22.Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh

23.Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi

24.Smt. Annpurna Devi

25.Shri A. Narayanaswamy

26.Shri Kaushal Kishore

27.Shri Ajay Bhatt

28.Shri B. L. Verma

29.Shri Ajay Kumar

30.Shri Chauhan Devusinh

31.Shri Bhagwanth Khuba

32.Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil

33.Sushri Pratima Bhoumik

34.Dr. Subhas Sarkar

35.Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad

36.Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh

37.Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar

38.Shri Bishweswar Tudu

39.Shri Shantanu Thakur

40.Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai

41.Shri John Barla

42.Dr. L. Murugan

43.Shri Nisith Pramanik