Anurag Thakur part of Modi government 2.0.

Anurag Thakur, the three-time Lok Sabha member, who had contested in the Lok Sabha polls from his traditional constituency of Hamirpur seat and won, is the latest member to be admitted in the new cabinet of the Narendra Modi. Thakur is one of the youngest MP's to be joining the cabinet.

Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony today, even as many hopefuls await to be a part of the Modi government 2.0. It is likely that, Smriti Irani, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Piyush Goyal, Ramdas Athawale, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Prahlad Joshi, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Babul Supriyo, Nitin Gadkari, Nityananda Rai, Sanjeev Baliyan, Anupriya Patel, Thawar Chand Gehlot and Harsimrat Kaur will be a part of the new cabinet.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, paid tribute at the National War Memorial. Accompanied by Nirmala Sitharaman, Modi had met the three service chiefs at the memorial which is considered to be his government's achievements.