Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Begin The Modi 2.0 Regime From Today

Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met BJP chief Amit Shah, several leaders reportedly got calls from PMO, confirming that they will be a part of the new cabinet. The meeting between Modi and Shah was held to give final shape to the Council of Ministers, ahead of the swearing-in ceremony scheduled to take place in the evening. Sources have confirmed to Zee Media that Piyush Goyal, Ramdas Athawale, Krishan Reddy and Ram Vilas Paswan, among others have got calls from PMO. All these leaders have been asked to meet PM Modi at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg at 4:30 pm today.

Mr. Narendra Modi and Mr. Amit Shah have held several rounds of discussions in the last two days ahead of government formation. BJP allies like Shiv Sena, JD(U), AIADMK, LJP, Akali Dal and Apna Dal are set to be represented in the government. The Shiv Sena has confirmed its leader Arvind Sawant, who defeated Congress heavyweight Milind Deora from Mumbai, will be its nominee in the council of ministers. The Lok Janshakti Party has already passed a resolution recommending its president Ram Vilas Paswan as the party's representative in the Modi government.

The BJP has refrained from making any official comment about the likely members of the government, with its leaders asserting that it is the prime minister's prerogative. Senior party leaders like Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Prakash Javadekar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan and Smriti Irani are likely to join the second Modi government after being its members in its first avatar.

Here is the list of leaders who have got the call so far -

Kishan Reddy

Ram Vilas Paswan

Suresh Angadi

Piyush Goel

Prahalad Joshi

Mukhtar Abbas Naqwi

Prahlad Patel

Prakash Javadekar

Ravi Shankar Prasad

Babul Supriyo

Nirmala Sitharaman

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Jitender Singh

Ramdas Athawale

Rajnath Singh

Smriti Irani

Sadanand Gowda

Kailash Chaudhary

Nitin Gadkari

Dhawarchand Gehlot

Kishan Pal Gujjar

Kiren Rijiju

Sadhavi Niranjan Jyoti

Mansukh Lal Mandaviya

Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Giriraj Singh

Sushma Swaraj

Sanjeev Balyan

Santosh Gangwar

Nityanand Rai

Subrat Pathak

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat