On 30th May 2019 for the second time Narendra Modi was elected as the Prime Minister.
Yesterday 8,000 people were in attendance
at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
It started at 7:00 pm.
President Ram Nath Kovind presided over the ceremony.
When the swearing-in ceremony started, PM Modi was the first to take the oath.
Once he finished, everyone stood up and started applauding.
Many foreign leaders and leaders of the opposition party such as
Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi and many others were also invited.
Famous filmstars were invited as well.
Who were invited? Karan Johar was invited,
Anupam Kher was invited,
Rajinikanth,
Jeetendra and many others were invited.
The entire Ambani Family was invited as well. They were seated in the front row.
Jammu & Kashmir's Pulwama attack victim's families were invited as well.
In 2014 there were 46 ministers in the cabinet
Now there are 58 ministers. It has increased.
It is due to the BJP’s larger victory in the elections.
28 cabinet ministers will be leaving
and there will be 23 new members.
They are between the ages of 51 and 70.
The youngest is 35 years old.
Earlier they were older but now they are younger.
Their assets worth an average of Rs 1 crore.
one of the ministers has assets worth Rs 218 crore.
Out of some of the ministers who left the cabinet two important ones are are,
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj
and Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu.
They were part of the BJP, however this time they weren't reinstated as ministers.
One surprise was the former foreign secretary to America S Jaishankar.
He was born in India but worked in America.
Earlier when the PM wanted to travel to the USA, he was denied a visa.
This was due to his involvement in the 2002 Hindu riots in Gujarat.
This why he wasn't given a visa.
He helped to solve this problem due to which he was able to travel.
Now he has been selected as the minister.
Another big surprise was Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
who has decided to step down from his position.
He stepped down due to his health problems.
Rumours say that the next Finance Minister may be Amit Shah
or he may be given the post of the Home Minister.
The appointments of the minsters will be announced very soon.