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 probable list of cabinet ministers.
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
Anupriya Patel, Apna Dal Party chief from Mirzapur
Jayant Chaudhary, Rashtriya Lok Dal chief from Mathura
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)
Prataprao Jadhav (BJP winner from Buldhana)
Nitin Gadkari (BJP-Vidarbha)
Piyush Goyal (BJP-Mumbai)
Jyotiraditya Scindia, BJP
Shivraj Singh Chauhan, BJP
Kishan Reddy, BJP
Eatala Rajender, BJP
DK Aruna, BJP
D Arvind, BJP
Bandi Sanjay, BJP
Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP Sambalpur
Manmohan Samal, BJP
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, BJP, Jodhpur
Dushyant Singh, BJP, Jhalawar-Baran
Daggubati Purandeswari, BJP winner from Rajamahendravaram City
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, TDP winner from Srikakulam
Jitendra Singh, BJP’s winner from Udhampur
Jugal Kishore Sharma, BJP’s leader from Jammu
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.
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