New Delhi: A number of new faces inducted within the Union council of ministers of the NDA 3.0 led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who both joined the Central Cupboard for the primary time or weren’t a part of the earlier authorities since 2019, had been allotted key portfolios on Monday.
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who’s making his debut as Union minister, has been allotted key ministries of agriculture and farmers welfare, in addition to rural improvement. The senior Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) chief, who can also be the longest serving chief minister of the Hindi heartland state, received the lately concluded Lok Sabha polls from Vidisha by an enormous margin.
Manohar Lal Khattar, former Haryana CM who like Chouhan had not been a part of the Union Cupboard earlier, has been made the minister of housing and concrete affairs, in addition to minister of energy. Khattar received the Karnal parliamentary constituency within the basic elections.
BJP nationwide president Jagat Prakash Nadda, who had served because the minister of well being and household welfare within the first Modi authorities from 2014 to 2019, will once more helm his former ministry in addition to ministry of chemical substances and fertilizers.
Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular), an ally within the NDA, has been allotted the heavy industries and metal ministries. The JD(S) chief, who received the Mandya Lok Sabha seat, can also be making his debut as Union minister.
Former Bihar CM and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi has been given the portfolio of minister of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME).
Senior Janata Dal (United) chief Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh was on Monday appointed because the minister of panchayati raj, in addition to minister of fisheries, animal husbandry, and dairying.
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu of the Telugu Desam Occasion (TDP), one other BJP ally, is the brand new minister of civil aviation.One other ally and Lok Janshakti Occasion LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan has been handed the ministry of meals processing industries.
BJP chief Jual Oram, who had served because the tribal affairs minister from 2014-2019, has been allotted the identical portfolio as soon as extra. BJP’s Gujarat unit chief CR Patil has been allotted the ministry of Jal Shakti, which was beforehand helmed by Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who’s now shifted to the ministry of tradition and tourism.
Annpurna Devi, who served as a junior minister of schooling within the earlier Modi authorities, has been appointed because the Union minister of girls and little one improvement.