Modi 3.0 Cabinet Live: S Jaishankar takes charge as External Affairs Minister
New Delhi:
S Jaishankar today took charge as the External Affairs Minister a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi retained him in his cabinet in his historic third term. Mr Jaishankar is among the senior BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Nitin Gadkari, who have retained the ministries they handled in the previous government.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also assumed his office in Delhi.
Ministries have been allocated to the 71 ministers who joined the Modi 3.0 in a grand swearing-in ceremony on Sunday with the Prime Minister himself handling the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the Department of Atomic Energy and the Department of Space.
Among new entrants to the Union Cabinet are former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who has got Agriculture and Rural Development Ministries, and BJP president JP Nadda, who has returned to the Health Ministry.
Here are live updates on ministers in Modi 3.0 cabinet taking charge:
BJP’s Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has taken charge as as the Minister of Culture.Â
Malayalam actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi today assumed charge as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas as well as in the Ministry of Tourism and called it a “huge responsibility”. He also thanked people of his Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency for giving him the opportunity.
“It’s a huge responsibility. So, I have to look at the prospects that the PM (Narendra Modi) is looking forward to… After going through all the content of the next level of emerging petroleum systems in India, maybe I will be able to put in my contribution. Let’s keep our thoughts open. Thanks to the people of Kerala, Thrissur. You gave me this opportunity,” he told the news agency ANI after taking charge as the Minister of State.
BJP ally and RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary has taken charge as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
#WATCH | Delhi: Jayant Chaudhary takes charge as Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. pic.twitter.com/Q5jdmSOLip
– ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2024
Former Haryana Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar has taken charge as the Power Minister in the new Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
After assuming office in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, BJP MP Suresh Gopi has taken charge as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.
#WATCH | Delhi: Suresh Gopi takes charge as Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Tourism. pic.twitter.com/qaolUiCV3Y
– ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2024
BJP’s first-ever Kerala MP Suresh Gopi has taken charge as the Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry. His senior Hardeep Singh Puri was also present on the occasion.
#WATCH | Delhi: Suresh Gopi takes charge as Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri also present. pic.twitter.com/7VA4iHmBKL
– ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2024
Bhupender Yadav has taken charge as the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.Â
#WATCH | Delhi: Bhupender Yadav takes charge as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change pic.twitter.com/etnsjXEIks
– ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2024
After assuming the charge, he told reporters that he would work with full readiness to discharge the responsibilities of the “important” ministry.Â
After assuming office as the Railway minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw has now taken charge as the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister.
#WATCH | Delhi: Ashwini Vaishnaw takes charge as Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister pic.twitter.com/gf4QMPvuo6
– ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2024
The Civil Aviation Ministry has changed hands from BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia to TDP’s Ram Mohan Naidu, the youngest minister in the new Modi cabinet.Â
Mr Scindia has been put in charge of the Telecom ministry.
BJP chief JP Nadda, the health minister in PM Modi’s first cabinet, has been brought back with the same portfolio. He has also been given additional charge of the Chemicals and Fertilisers department.
Mr Gadkari, 67, has got two deputies – Ajay Tamta, BJP MP from Almora, and Harsh Malhotra, a first-time BJP MP from East Delhi constituency.
PM Narendra Modi’s cabinet in his historic third term has retained the known faces in the big four ministries – Amit Shah has retained the Home portfolio, Rajnath Singh Defence, Foreign ministry retained by S Jaishankar and the Finance ministry by Nirmala Sitharaman.Â
The Prime Minister himself will handle the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the Department of Atomic Energy and the Department of Space.
Senior BJP leader Ashwini Vaishnaw has taken charge as the Minister of Railways.
#WATCH | Delhi: Ashwini Vaishnaw takes charge as the Minister of Railways. pic.twitter.com/P1y6fcKypw
– ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2024
Besides retaining his previous portfolios of Railways as well as Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, he has got a new responsibility as Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the third term of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
S Jaishankar today took charge as the External Affairs Minister a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi retained him in his cabinet in his historic third term.Â
“Assumed charge as the Minister of External Affairs. Thank PM Narendra Modi for assigning me this responsibility,” Mr Jaishankar posted on X, and shared his picture in the office.
Assumed charge as the Minister of External Affairs.
Thank PM @narendramodi for assigning me this responsibility. pic.twitter.com/XVgHgV3kJ4
– Dr. S. Jaishankar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@DrSJaishankar) June 11, 2024
#WATCH | Delhi: Dr S Jaishankar takes charge as External Affairs Minister pic.twitter.com/vRsE3Hpr3m
– ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2024
Mr Jaishankar is among the senior BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Nitin Gadkari, who have retained the ministries they handled in the previous government.