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Published 16:00 IST, May 30th 2019

Here's the prospective list of NDA leaders who have received calls from BJP chief Amit Shah ahead of the Modi Cabinet's swearing-in

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to take the oath for the second consecutive term in office at the Forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 30 in the presence of over 8,000 guests from all across the world, all eyes are on who will be inducted into his new cabinet. 

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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to take the oath for the second consecutive term in office at the Forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 30 in the presence of over 8,000 guests from all across the world, all eyes are on who will be inducted into his new cabinet. 

While there are speculations that a number of ministers will continue from the previous cabinet, there are also likely to be a lot of new inductees. Additionally, sources have also told Republic TV that NDA allies including JD(U) and LJP in Bihar, Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and Akali Dal in Punjab are set to get one ministerial berth each during PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony, with further berths to be decided in due course. 

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Also, ministers who will take the oath today will first be meeting Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi at 4:30 PM at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg ahead of the ceremony which is set to begin at 7 pm. 

READ | Modi Cabinet 2.0 Scoop: NDA Allies To Get One Ministerial Berth Each At Swearing-in Ceremony Today; New Ministers To Meet PM Modi At 7LKM Before Oath-taking

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Meanwhile, a number of NDA leaders are said to have received phone calls from BJP chief Amit Shah inviting them to the residence of the Prime Minister for the meeting at 4:30 PM. Here are some of the leaders who will be attending, as per sources:

  1. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bikaner MP
  2. Sadananda Gowda, Bengaluru North MP
  3. Ram Vilas Paswan
  4. Rajnath Singh
  5. Prakash Javdekar, Rajya Sabha
  6. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Patna Sahib MP
  7. Suresh Angadi, Belgaum MP 
  8. Babul Supriyo, Asansol MP
  9. Piyush Goyal, Rajya Sabha
  10. Nirmala Sitharaman, Rajya Sabha
  11. Dr Jitender Singh
  12. Ramdas Athavale
  13. Prahlad Joshi, Dharwad, Karnataka
  14. Anupriya Patel
  15. Smriti Irani, Amethi MP
  16. Nitin Gadkari, Nagpur MP
  17. Raveendranath, AIADMK, Theni MP
  18. Parshottam Rupala, Rajya Sabha
  19. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Rajya Sabha
  20. Kiren Rijiju, Arunachal West
  21. Mansukh Mandaviya, Palitana MP
  22. Rao Inderjit, Gurugram MP
  23. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
  24. Krishnapal Gurjar
  25. , Faridabad MP
  26. Anupriya Patel, Apna Dal
  27. Kailash Choudhary, Barmer MP
  28. Sanjeev Baliyan, Mujaffarnagar MP
  29. RCP Singh, JDU MP
  30. Nityanand Rai, Ujiyarpur MP
  31. Thawar Chand Gehlot, Shahjahanpur MP
  32. Debashree Chowdhury, Raiganj MP
  33. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Haridwar MP
  34. Mansukh Vasava, Bharuch MP
  35. Rameshwar Teli, Dibrugarh MP
  36. Som Prakash, Hoshiarpur MP
  37. Santosh Gangwar

The National Democratic Alliance-led by PM Modi won a landslide victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by securing 353 seats out of 542 that went to polls. 

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The swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be of about 90 minutes and will be attended by an estimated over 8,000 guests, including leaders of all BIMSTEC countries. 

READ | Narendra Modi To Take Oath Of Office For Second Term As Prime Minister: LIVE Updates Ahead Of Swearing-in Ceremony Here

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14:07 IST, May 30th 2019