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