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In PHOTOS: PM NaMo and his team take oath

Last updated on: May 27, 2014 01:27 IST

Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is administered the oath to office by President Pranab Mukherjee
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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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Kalraj Mishra takes oath as a cabinet minister

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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Sarbananda Sonowal takes oath as minister of state.

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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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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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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

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PM NaMo and his team take oath


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