Published 23:21 IST, May 30th 2019

Modi Cabinet 2.0: Maneka Gandhi, Suresh Prabhu, JP Nadda, Radha Mohan Singh among those not sworn-in at Rashtrapati Bhavan with PM Modi

BJP leaders Maneka Gandhi, Suresh Prabhu, JP Nadda, Radha Mohan Singh -- Cabinet ministers in the first Modi government -- have been dropped in the new government that assumed office on Thursday.

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BJP leers Maneka Gandhi, Suresh Prabhu, JP Nda, Rha Mohan Singh -- Cabinet ministers in first Modi government -- were t among 58 ministers who took oath with at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday as part of new Narendra Modi-led NDA government.

Besides Cabinet Ministers, those of Minister of State rank -- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Mahesh Sharma, Jayant Sinha, SS Ahluwalia, Vijay Goel, KJ Alphons, Ramesh Jigajinagi, Ram Kripal Yav, Anant Kumar Hegde, Anupriya Patel, Satya Pal Singh -- have also t been included in Council of Ministers.

Of se ministers, K Alphons lost his election while ors have been victorious.

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Maneka Gandhi, one of senior-most members, is tipped to become pro-tem Speaker of Lok Sabha.

Maneka Gandhi was Union Minister of Women and Child development, Suresh Prabhu was first Railway Minister and n Commerce and Civil Aviation Minister, JP Nda was Health and Family Welfare Minister, while Rha Mohan Singh was Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.

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Among Ministers of State, Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was MoS of Information & Brocasting and Youth Affairs and Sports, Mahesh Sharma was Minister of Culture, Jayant Sinha was first MoS Finance and n MoS Civil Aviation, SS Ahluwalia was MoS in  Ministry of Electronics and Information Techlogy, Vijay Goel was MoS in  Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Statistics & Programme Implementation, KJ Alphons was MoS for Electronics and Information Techlogy, Ramesh Jigajinagi was MoS Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ram Kripal Yav was  Minister of State for Rural Development, Anant Kumar Hegde was  Minister of State for Skill Development Entrepreneurship, Anupriya Patel was  Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Satya Pal Singh was Minister of State for Human Resource Development (Higher Education).

Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and Uma Bharti also did t figure in Cabinet. While Jaitley opted out of government on health reasons, Swaraj and Bharti did t contest Lok Sabha polls.

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21:45 IST, May 30th 2019