Ten Union Ministers took charge of their respective portfolios allotted to them in New Delhi on Tuesday. MPs Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Suresh Gopi, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju, Chirag Paswan, Jayant Chaudhary, Dr L. Murugan and Manohar Lal Khattar took charge in their chambers.
Top BJP leader Amit Shah took charge as the Union Home Minister for the second consecutive term. Shah, who has been holding the portfolio since 2019, has returned to the Modi 3.0 government in the same capacity.
Before taking charge of the ministry, Shah visited the National Police Memorial in the city's Chanakyapuri area to pay homage to policemen who had laid down their lives while serving the nation. The 59-year old Shah was elected from Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat in the Lok Sabha election. BJP President J P Nadda took charge of the Union Health Ministry.
He was allocated the Health Ministry as well as the Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry on Monday, a day after taking oath as a cabinet minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. After assuming charge as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was dedicated to the upliftment of the poor. He said the first Cabinet decision of constructing three crore rural and urban houses on the first day of the Government was devoted to the empowerment of poor.
Stating that the government would continue to serve the people of the c.