Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau
A day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony for a consecutive third term, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders will today hold a key meeting in Delhi to decide portfolios for newly elected Members of Parliament. According to the reports, leader of the alliance Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, senior leaders Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari along with JDU chief Nitish Kumar, TDP’s N Chandrababu Naidu and other big faces of NDA may finalise ministries for the new government.
Notably, this time BJP did not get the majority on its own and now need the support of alliance partners to form the new government. BJP bagged 240 seats, which is 32 short of the majority mark of 272. While TDP won 16 seats, Nitish Kumar’s JDU 12, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena 7, and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas emerged victorious in 5 constituencies.
It is expected that the BJP will keep the Home Ministry, Defence Ministry, Finance Ministry, and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry. Meanwhile, reports suggested that TDP has demanded the Speaker’s post along with 4 ministerial posts in Cabinet. N Chandrababu Naidu has reportedly asked for Information and Technology, Railway Ministry, Agricultural Ministry, and Roads and Highway Ministry.
However, there has been no official confirmation about the demands or conditions yet.
While kingmaker Nitish Kumar may also get 4 Ministerial posts.
Both JDU and TDP have also demanded special status for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh as states are undergoing huge debts.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction and the LJP of Chirag Paswan are also seeking key portfolios in the new cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Likely List Of Cabinet Ministers In Modi Govt 3.0:
Minister of Home Affairs: Amit Shah
Defence Ministry: Rajnath Singh Minister
Road Transport and Highways: Nitin Gadkari
Finance Ministry: Nirmala Sitharaman
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: TDP
Ministry of External Affairs: S Jaishankar
Ministry of Tribal Affairs: TDP
Ministry of Women and Child Development: LJP
Ministry of Minority Affairs: JDU
Ministry of Textiles: JDU
Ministry of Education: TDP
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship: Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs: TDP
Ministry of Coal and Mines: JDU
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: TDP
