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NDA leaders have elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their leader.
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According to sources, Rajnath Singh, BJP’s winning candidate from Lucknow, is likely to continue as the Union Defence Minister.
With just a few hours left for Narendra Modi’s third consecutive oath-taking ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday at 7.15 pm, all eyes are on the berth allocation in Modi’s Cabinet. As the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to secure an absolute majority of 272 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, it will be forming the government with the support of its NDA allies, JD(U) and TDP.
Given the situation, major allies are eyeing major shares in the cabinet, and the allocations would be tricky. According to sources, Rajnath Singh, BJP’s winning candidate from Lucknow, is likely to continue as the Union Defence Minister.
Earlier, JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy had hinted that his party was interested in the agriculture portfolio in government.
Sources said several leaders from the NDA allies are being considered for important portfolios.
Here’s a list of MPs-elect who might get ministries or Cabinet berths.
| State | MP-elects |
| Karnataka | HD Kumaraswamy, JD(S) winner from Mandya
Pralhad Joshi, BJP winner from Dharwad Basavaraj Bommai, BJP’s winning candidate from Haveri Govind Karjol (Dalit), BJP’s candidate from Chitradurga PC Mohan (OBC), BJP leader from Bengaluru |
| Uttar Pradesh |
Anupriya Patel, Apna Dal Party chief from Mirzapur Jayant Chaudhary, Rashtriya Lok Dal chief from Mathura |
| Bihar |
Lalan Singh, JD (U) Chirag Paswan- LJP Sanjay Kumar Jha- JD(U) Ram Nath Thakur, JD(U) Sunil Kumar, (JD(U)-Kushwaha community) Kaushalendra Kumar, JD(U) Jitan Ram Manjhi, Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Rajnath Singh, BJP winner from Lucknow Jitin Prasad, BJP Nityanand Rai, BJP-Ujiarpur Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP-Rajput community from Saran) Sanjay Jaiswal, (BJP leader from Betiah, Vaishya community) |
| Maharashtra |
Prataprao Jadhav (BJP winner from Buldhana) Nitin Gadkari (BJP-Vidarbha) Piyush Goyal (BJP-Mumbai) |
| Madhya Pradesh |
Jyotiraditya Scindia, BJP Shivraj Singh Chauhan, BJP |
| Telangana |
Kishan Reddy, BJP Eatala Rajender, BJP DK Aruna, BJP D Arvind, BJP Bandi Sanjay, BJP |
| Odisha |
Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP Sambalpur Manmohan Samal, BJP |
| Rajasthan |
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, BJP, Jodhpur Dushyant Singh, BJP, Jhalawar-Baran |
| Kerala | Suresh Gopi, BJP, Trissur |
| West Bengal | Shantanu Thakur, BJP candidate from Bangaon |
| Andhra Pradesh |
Daggubati Purandeswari, BJP winner from Rajamahendravaram City Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, TDP winner from Srikakulam |
| Jammu |
Jitendra Singh, BJP’s winner from Udhampur Jugal Kishore Sharma, BJP’s leader from Jammu |
| Assam-Northeast |
Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP leader from Assam Bijuli Kalita Medhi, BJP leader from Assam Kiren Rijiju, BJP leader from Arunachal Pradesh Biplab Dev, BJP leader from Tripura |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met with President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan and staked claim to form the government. Earlier in the day, PM Modi was elected the leader of the alliance in the NDA Parliamentary meeting.
With 12 MPs, the JD(U) is the second biggest BJP ally after the Telugu Desam Party’s 16 in the NDA. While JD(U)is likely to demand three cabinet berths, TDP will probably demand four.
The BJP bagged 240 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, 32 short of an absolute majority, while the NDA secured 293 seats.
