Modi Cabinet 2024: Amit Shah, Khattar To Chirag Paswan — List Of Leaders Likely To Take Oath Alongside PM Today

TDP MPs Chandrasekhar Pemmmasani and Kinarapu Ram Mohan Naidu are also amongst those who have been called for ministerial positions.

Chirag Paswan, Manohar Lal Khattar, and Amit Shah have been called for ministerial positions and will likely take oath with Modi today. ( Image Source :PTI )

Modi Cabinet 2024: Ahead of Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony today, MPs from the National Democratic Alliance's allies have started receiving calls, regarding their appointment as ministers in Modi 3.0 cabinet. Among these parties, leaders from Naidu's Telugu Desam Party, Lok Janshakti Party, and Janata Dal (United) have been contacted, sources told ABP News.

TDP MPs Chandrasekhar Pemmmasani and Kinarapu Ram Mohan Naidu are amongst those who have been called for ministerial positions. Additionally, JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Ram Nath Thakur has also received a call regarding a ministerial position, sources say. 

Also, Narendra Modi's new cabinet will likely constitute of 65 ministers, sources told ABP News. 

This decision has been taken on the basis of consultations between the BJP and its ally parties as to how various NDA leaders should be incorporated in the formation of the new government's council of ministers.

After Narendra Modi staked claim to form the government for the third time, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, and BJP President JP Nadda discussed about the council of ministers with TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu, JD(U) Chief Nitish Kumar, and Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde.

Thereafter, the names of the new cabinet ministers were finalised, and calls are being made to them to attend the ceremony today where they will likely take oath along with PM-designate Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan at 7:15 PM.

Leaders Who Have Been Called So Far

Name	Party
Chandrasekhar Pemmmasani	TDP
Kinarapu Ram Mohan Naidu	TDP
Arjun Ram Meghwal	BJP
Sarbananda Sonowal	BJP
Amit Shah	BJP
Kamaljeet Sehrawat	BJP
Manohar Lal Khattar	BJP
Nitin Gadkari	BJP
Rajnath Singh	BJP
Piyush Goyal	BJP
Jyotiraditya Scindia	BJP
Shantanu Thakur	BJP
Raksha Khadse	BJP
Rao Inderjit Singh	BJP
Suresh Gopi	BJP
Kirtivardhan Singh	BJP
Mansukh Mandaviya	BJP
Jitendra Singh	BJP
Jual Oram	BJP
Giriraj Singh	BJP
Hardeep Singh Puri	BJP
G. Kishan Reddy	BJP
Bandi Sanjay Kishor	BJP
Bhagirath Choudhary	BJP
C.R. Patil	BJP
Prataprao Jadhav	Shiv Sena
H.D. Kumaraswamy	JD (S)
Chirag Paswan	LJP-R
Jayant Chaudhary	RLD
Anupriya Patel	Apna Dal
Jitan Ram Manjhi	HAM
Ramdas Athawale	RPI

Ministries That Might Go To BJP

According to news agency PTI, key departments like Home, Finance, Defence, and Foreign Affairs will remain with the BJP.

Besides these, the ministries of Education and Culture are also expected to be held by the MPs of the saffron party. It is believed that allies might receive five to eight cabinet positions in Modi 3.0.

Former chief ministers including Basavaraj Bommai and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who won the Lok Sabha elections 2024, are also likley to be included in Modi's new government. However, they have not been called yet.