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PM NaMo and his team take oath

Last updated on: May 27, 2014 01:27 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is administered the oath to office by President Pranab Mukherjee

Narendra Modi on Monday took oath as India’s 15th prime minister at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

Forty-five ministers are being sworn in along with Modi. BJP president Rajnath Singh, who will head the home ministry, was the first to take oath after Modi.

Among the top ministers are Arun Jaitley, who will be finance minister and will also have the additional charge of defence and Sushma Swaraj, who will be the external affairs minister. 

Over 4,000 guests gathered in the forecourt of the presidential palace to attend the swearing-in.

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Rajnath Singh takes oath as a Cabinet minister after Modi. He is likely to get the home ministry.

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Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley takes oath as minister. He is likely to get the finance ministry.

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Sushma Swaraj takes oath as a Cabinet minister. She will be the minister of external affairs.

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Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu takes oath. He may get the parliamentary affairs portfolio.

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Former BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, who is set to take over as transport minister, takes oath. 

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D V Sadananda Gowda takes oath as a minister. He may get Railways.

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Uma Bharti takes oath as a minister. She is likely to take charge of the water resources ministry.

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Najma Heptulla takes oath as a minister. The former Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson may get the minority affairs portfolio.

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Gopinath Munde takes oath as a minister. He will get the rural development ministry.  

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Ram Vilas Pawan takes oath as a minister. The Lok Janshakti Party chief may get the food and civil supplies as well as consumer affairs.

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Kalraj Mishra takes oath as a cabinet minister

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Maneka Gandhi takes oath. She will be in charge of women and child development.

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PM NaMo and his team take oath

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Ananth Kumar takes oath as a minister. He will hold the chemical and fertlisers ministry.

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Ravi Shankar Prasad takes oath as a minister. He is tipped to be law minister and also have charge of telecom.

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Thaawar Chand Gehlot

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati

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Anant Geete of the Shiv Sena takes oath as a minister.

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President Pranab Mukherjee administers oath of office to Harsimrat Kaur Badal as a minister. She is likely to be the food processing minister.

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Narendra Singh Tomar

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Smiriti Irani takes oath as a cabinet minister. She is likely to get the human resource development portfolio.

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Jual Oram

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Radha Mohan Singh

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Dr Harsh Vardhan takes oath as a minister. He is tipped to get the health portfolio.

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Inderjit Singh Rao takes oath as minister of state. He may get statistics and planning portfolio.

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Former army chief General V K Singh takes oath as a minister of state. He may get independent charge of northeast development and MoS, external affairs.

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Dharmendra Pradhan takes oath as minister of state. The BJP leader may get independent charge of oil.

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State (Independent Charge) to Santosh Kumar Gangwar

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State (Independent Charge) to Shripad Yesso Naik

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Sarbananda Sonowal takes oath as minister of state.

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Prakash Javadekar takes oath as minister of state. The BJP spokesperson may either get the information and broadcasting and environment portfolios.

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Piyush Goel takes oath as minister of state. He  is likely to get independent charge of power and coal ministries.

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President Pranab Mukherjee administers oath of office to Dr Jitendra Singh as minister of state.

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Nirmala Sitharaman takes oath as minister of state. She is tipped to get the commerce ministry.

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G M Siddeshwara takes oath as minister of state.

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Upendra Kushwaha takes oath as minister of state.

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State to Manoj Sinha

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State to Nihalchand

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Kiren Rijiju takes oath as minister of state.

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State to Radhakrishnan P

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Vishnu Deo Sai takes oath as minister of state.

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State to Krishan Pal

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State to Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State to Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State to Raosaheb Dadarao Danve

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President Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath as Minister of State to Sudarshan Bhagat