Brief background of the ministers included in the Modi government
NEW DELHI: 1. Narendra Modi Took oath as the Prime Minister of the country for the third consecutive time. He became an MP by winning the Lok Sabha election from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh for the third time.
- Rajnath Singh, age 72 years, has been the Home and Defense Minister of the country. He has also held the post of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and National President of BJP.
- Amit Shah Age 59 years, has been the Home Minister of the country and BJP President. He became MP from Gandhinagar for the second consecutive time. He has been an MLA from Gujarat four times. He is also the former Minister of State for Home of Gujarat.
- Nitin Gadkari, age 67 years, has been a Cabinet Minister in the Modi government since 2014. He is the former National President of BJP. He became an MP by winning the election from Nagpur, Maharashtra for the third consecutive time.
- JP Nadda, age 63 years, is the National President of BJP. He was the Health Minister in the Modi government in 2014. He has also been a Cabinet Minister in the Himachal government.
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan, age 65 years, took oath as a Cabinet Minister for the first time. He is the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and has won the Lok Sabha elections from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh.
- Nirmala Sitharaman, age 64 years, was the Finance Minister in the previous government. Is a Rajya Sabha MP.
- S Jaishankar, age 69 years, became the Foreign Minister of the country after retiring from the post of Foreign Secretary. Has been elected as a Rajya Sabha MP twice.
- Manohar Lal Khattar, age 70 years, took oath as a Cabinet Minister for the first time. Was the Chief Minister of Haryana for 9 years. Is a former pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and has been elected as an MP for the first time from Karnal in Haryana.
- HD Kumaraswamy, age 65 years, is the former Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is the son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and comes from the Vokkaliga community. Is the leader of the NDA ally Janata Dal Secular.
- Piyush Goyal, age 60 years, has been the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, has been elected as an MP from the Lok Sabha for the first time. Earlier, he became an MP as a member of the Rajya Sabha and was a minister in previous governments. Elected MP from Mumbai North seat of Maharashtra.
12 Dharmendra Pradhan, age 54 years, was the Education Minister in the previous government. Won the Lok Sabha elections from Sambalpur in Odisha.
13 Jitan Ram Manjhi, age 78 years, is the leader of Hindustani Awam Morcha, an ally of NDA alliance. He has been the former Chief Minister of Bihar. Comes from the Dalit community and has become an MP for the first time
14 Lallan Singh, age 69 years, is the leader of Janata Dal United, an ally of NDA. He is the former National President of JDU and comes from the Bhumihar community. Has been elected MP from Munger.
15 Sarbananda Sonowal, age 62 years, is the former Chief Minister of Assam and comes from the tribal community. Has been a minister in the previous government. Won the Lok Sabha elections from Dibrugarh in Assam.
16 Virendra Khatik, age 70 years, has been a minister in the previous government. Has been elected MP for the eighth time. This time he has reached Parliament by being elected from Tikamgarh seat in Madhya Pradesh. He is considered a big Dalit leader in Madhya Pradesh.
- K Ram Mohan Naidu, age 36 years, MP from Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, son of former minister Yerren Naidu. This time he is the youngest cabinet minister.
- Prahlad Joshi, age 61 years, has won the Lok Sabha elections for the fifth time from Dharwad, Karnataka. He is the former president of Karnataka BJP and has been a minister in the previous government.
- Jual Oram, age 63 years, has been elected MP from Sundargarh, Odisha. He has been a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He has been elected MP for the sixth time. He is known as a big tribal face.
- Giriraj Singh, age 71 years, has been a minister in the previous government. He has been elected MP from Begusarai, Bihar for the third consecutive time. He has also been a minister in the Bihar government.
- Ashwini Vaishnav, age 54 years, has been a minister in the previous government. He resigned from IAS and entered politics and is currently a Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha. 22. Jyotiraditya Scindia, age 53 years, joined BJP from Congress in 2020 and was made a cabinet minister. Won the Lok Sabha elections for the 5th time. Is an MP from Guna seat in Madhya Pradesh.
- Bhupendra Yadav, age 55 years, won the Lok Sabha MP election for the first time from Alwar, Rajasthan. Was the Environment Minister in the previous government. Known as a BJP strategist.
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, age 57 years, won the Lok Sabha elections from Jodhpur, Rajasthan for the second time. Was the Water Power Minister in the previous government.
- Annapurna Devi, age 54 years, is an MP from Koderma, Jharkhand and comes from the OBC community. Was the Minister of State for Education in the previous government and has won the Lok Sabha elections for the second time.
- Kiren Rijiju, age 52 years, won the Lok Sabha elections from Arunachal West seat. Was a minister in the previous government and is one of the big faces of BJP in the North East. 27. Hardeep Puri, age 72 years, is a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh and has been a minister in the previous government. He entered politics after retirement from IFS.
- Mansukh Mandaviya, age 51 years, has won the Lok Sabha elections for the first time from Porbandar, Gujarat. He was the Health Minister in the previous government.
- G Kishan Reddy, age 64 years, has won the Lok Sabha elections for the second consecutive time from Secunderabad seat of Telangana. He was the Tourism-Culture Minister in the previous government.
- Chirag Paswan, age 41 years, is an MP from Hajipur, Bihar. He is the leader of NDA’s ally Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas. He took oath as a Union Minister for the first time.
- CR Patil, age 59 years, is the President of Gujarat BJP and has been elected MP from Navsari seat. He has won the elections for the fourth consecutive time. In 2019, he won the biggest Lok Sabha election.