Modi 3.0 Cabinet Shake-Up: Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur Among 34 Ministers Dropped | Full List

New Delhi: When the new Narendra Modi 3.0 government was sworn in at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Sunday, several notable figures from the previous Modi 2.0 administration (2019-2024) were absent from the list of ministers taking the oath. Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, and Narayan Rane, along with 34 other BJP leaders, didn't find a place in the Modi 3.0 cabinet. Irani, who previously served as the Women and Child Development Minister, lost the Lok Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi to Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma. Take a peek at the prominent BJP leaders who were dropped from the Modi 3.0 government.Modi Cabinet 3.0: List of Ministers DroppedS.No.NAME OF MINISTERPOSITION IN MODI CABINET 2.01Arjun MundaMinister of Tribal Affairs2Smriti IraniMinister of Women and Child Development Minister of Minority Affairs3Anurag ThakurMinister of Information and Broadcasting; andMinister of Youth Affairs and Sports4Narayan Tatu RaneMinister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises5Raj Kumar SinghMinister of Power; andMinister of New and Renewable Energy6Mahendra Nath PandeyMinister of Heavy Industries7Parshottam RupalaMinister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying8Faggansingh KulasteMinister of State in the Ministry of Steel; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development9Ashwini Kumar ChaubeyMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change10VK SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change11Danve RaosahebMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways;Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Mines12Niranjan JyotiMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development13Sanjeev Kumar BalyanMinister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying14Rajeev ChandrasekharMinister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology15Bhanu Pratap SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises16Darshana HardoshMinister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways17V MuraleedharanMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs18Meenakashi LekhiMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Culture19Som ParkashMinister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry20Kailash ChoudharyMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare21Rameshwar TeliMinister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment22A Narayan SwamyMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment23Kaushal KishorMinister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs24Ajay KumarMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs25Kapil PatilMinister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj26Subhas SarkarMinister of State in the Ministry of Education27Pratima BhoumikMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment28Bhagwat KaradMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance29Rajkumar Ranjan SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Education30Bharati PawarMinister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare31Bishweswar TuduMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti32Dr MunjaparaMinister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and minister and minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH33John BarlaMinister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs34Nisith PramanikMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and SportsWith the BJP aiming to allocate Cabinet seats to its NDA partners, the party is focusing on balancing continuity with fresh faces as it finalizes the list for today’s swearing-in ceremony. Notably, senior party leaders including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Mansukh Mandaviya were present at Modi’s tea party held this morning. This event, a tradition Modi has upheld since 2014, precedes the Cabinet formation exercise.

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Modi 3.0 Cabinet Shake-Up: Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur Among 34 Ministers Dropped | Full List

BJP leaders such as Smriti Irani and Anurag Thakur were notably absent from the finalised Cabinet lineup.

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