Guwahati News Desk: Former Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal takes oath as a Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and AYUSH in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s revamped Cabinet on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s revamped Cabinet a total of 43 ministers have taken oath as the Union Ministers. Among the 43 ministers, 36 new faces were seen and 7 ministers who got promoted were inducted.
After the cabinet expansion by PM Modi, Northeast will have five ministers and it is expected to have 27 OBC leaders out of which five will be in the cabinet.
This is for the first time reshuffle in the council of Ministers by PM Modi inducted.
Meanwhile, one member each from the Christian, Muslim and Sikh community and two from the Buddhist community has been included.
43 new ministers have sworn in and here is the list of politicians is:
1. Narayan Rane
2. Sarbananda Sonowal
3. Dr. Virendra Kumar
4. Jyotiraditya M Scindia
5. Ramchandra Prasad Singh
6. Ashwini Vaishnaw
7. Pashupati Paras
8. Kiren Rijiju
9. Raj Kumar Singh
10.Hardeep Singh Puri
11.Mansukh Mandaviya
12.Bhupender Yadav
13.Parshottam Rupala
14.G. Kishan Reddy
15.Anurag Singh Thakur
16.Pankaj Choudhary
17. Anupriya Singh Patel
18.Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel
19. Rajeev Chandrasekhar
20.Shobha Karandlaje
21.Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
22. Darshana Vikram Jardosh
23. Meenakshi Lekhi
24. Annapurna Devi
25.A. Narayanaswamy
26.Kaushal Kishore
27.Ajay Bhatt
28.B. L. Verma
29.Ajay Kumar
30.Chauhan Devusinh
31.Bhagwanth Khuba
32.Kapil Moreshwar Patil
33.Pratima Bhoumik
34.Dr. Subhas Sarkar
35.Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
36.Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
37.Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
38.Bishweswar Tudu
39.Shantanu Thakur
40.Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai
41.John Barla
42.Dr. L. Murugan
43.Nisith Pramanik
Now under PM Modi’s revamped Cabinet former Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal to take the charge of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH.
Sarnananda Sonowal has received heights in his political career by becoming the first from Assam to become the two-time Union Minister.
BJP after winning the Assam Assembly Election for the second time, Sarbananda Sonowal stepped down from his Chief Minister designation and Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma was named as the new Chief Minister of Assam.
Earlier in the year 2001, Sonowal was an AGP MLA from the Moran constituency and in the year 2004, he won the Lok Sabha polls from Dibrugarh constituency.
On the other hand, after the Prime Minister Cabinet reshuffle, several ministers including Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad resigned from their posts.
As Javadekar was the spokesperson of the government, the decision was shocking and unexpected.
The 12 other ministers who have also resigned from the Cabinet are the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. However, Nishank has expressed his unwillingness to continue in his post due to health reasons.
The other ministers to resign include – chemicals and fertilisers minister DV Sadananda Gowda, labour minister Santosh Gangwar, education minister of state Sanjay Dhotre, minister of state for women and child development Debasree Chaudhuri, minister of state for jal shakti Rattan Lal Kataria, and minister of state for environment Babul Supriyo.
According to Modi, the major reshuffle is being done to bring focus on equal representation of gender, caste, and community. Also, the list of new ministers has a mix of youth and those who come with rich administrative experience, including former chief ministers.
