Here's state-wise breakup of all-new Modi cabinet

Narendra Modi took over as the country's Prime Minister for a second term on Thursday after he was sworn in along with Union ministers, including BJP president Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, a surprise pick.

President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the newly sworn-in council of ministers after the oath-taking ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. PTI Photo

NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi took over as the country's Prime Minister for a second term on Thursday after he was sworn in along with Union ministers, including BJP president Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, a surprise pick. Modi, 68, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Nath Kovind at a glittering ceremony at the forecourt of majestic Rashtraparti Bhavan. Apart from Shah, Singh, Gadkari, the other top leaders who were sworn-in as cabinet ministers included D V Sadananda Gowda, Nirmala Sitharaman and Ram Vilas Paswan. While the inclusion of Shah, seen as BJP's key strategist who helped the party to expand its base after taking over the reins of the party in 2014, was much speculated, Jaishankar, considered close to Modi, was a surprise pick. Some of the key ministers in the previous Modi government, including Sushma Swaraj, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Maneka Gandhi were not part of the new council of ministers. Here's a region-wsie breakup of the new Modi cabinet Uttar Pradesh (9): Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Santosh Gangwar, Hardeep Singh Puri, VK Singh, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and Sanjeev Balyan Bihar (6): Ram Vilas Paswan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Giriraj Singh, RK Singh, Ashwini Chaubey, Nityanand Rai Maharashtra (8):  Nitin Gadkari, Prakash Javadekar, Piyush Goyal, Arvind Sawant, Raosaheb Danve, Sanjay Dhotre, Ramdas Athawale and V Muraleedharan. Madhya Pradesh  (5): Narendra Singh Tomar, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Dharmendra Pradhan, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Prahlad Patel. Rajasthan (3): Gajendra Shekhawat, Arjun Meghawal and Kailash Chaudhary Gujarat (3): Amit Shah, Purushottam Rupala and Mansukh Mandawiya Chhattisgarh (1): Renuka Singh Saruta Delhi (1): Harsh Vardhan Haryana (3): Roa Indrajeet Singh, Krishan Pal Gurjar and Rattan Lal Kataria Punjab (2): Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Som Prakash Uttarakhand (1): Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank Jharkhand (2): Arjun Munda, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Karnataka: (4) Sadananda Gowda, Nirmala Sitharaman, Pralhad Joshi and Suresh Angadi West Bengal (2): Babul Supriyo and Debasree Chaudhuri Jammu and Kashmir (1): Jitendra Singh Telangana (1): G Kishan Reddy Goa (1): Shripad Naik Odisha (1): Pratap Chandra Sarangi Assam (1): Rameshwar Teli Arunachal Pradesh (1): Kiren Rijiju Himachal Pradesh (1): Anurag Thakur