Published 18:49 IST, June 9th 2024
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.
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 Dropped
| S.No. | NAME OF MINISTER | POSITION IN MODI CABINET 2.0 |
| 1 | Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
| 2 | Smriti Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development Minister of Minority Affairs |
| 3 | Anurag Thakur | Minister of Information and Broadcasting; andMinister of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| 4 | Narayan Tatu Rane | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| 5 | Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of Power; andMinister of New and Renewable Energy |
| 6 | Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Heavy Industries |
| 7 | Parshottam Rupala | Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| 8 | Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| 9 | Ashwini Kumar Chaubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| 10 | VK Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| 11 | Danve Raosaheb | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways;Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Mines |
| 12 | Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| 13 | Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| 14 | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| 15 | Bhanu Pratap Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| 16 | Darshana Hardosh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| 17 | V Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 18 | Meenakashi Lekhi | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
| 19 | Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| 20 | Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| 21 | Rameshwar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| 22 | A Narayan Swamy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 23 | Kaushal Kishor | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| 24 | Ajay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 25 | Kapil Patil | Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| 26 | Subhas Sarkar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
| 27 | Pratima Bhoumik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 28 | Bhagwat Karad | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
| 29 | Rajkumar Ranjan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Education |
| 30 | Bharati Pawar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| 31 | Bishweswar Tudu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti |
| 32 | Dr Munjapara | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and minister and minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH |
| 33 | John Barla | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| 34 | Nisith Pramanik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
With 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.
Updated 21:40 IST, June 9th 2024