New Delhi: The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu hosted a banquet in honour of the leaders of neighbouring countries attending the swearing-in-ceremony of the Prime Minister of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (June 9, 2024).
Leaders who attended the banquet include the President of Sri Lanka, H. E. Ranil Wickremesinghe; the President of the Maldives, H. E. Mohamed Muizzu; the Vice President of Seychelles, H. E. Ahmed Afif; the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, H. E. Sheikh Hasina; the Prime Minister of Mauritius, H. E. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Mrs Kobita Jugnauth; the Prime Minister of Nepal, H. E. Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda; and the Prime Minister of Bhutan, H. E. Tshering Tobgay.
Welcoming the leaders, the President thanked them for accepting the invitation for the swearing-in-ceremony of the new Government, and for joining us in this celebration of democracy.
She noted that their presence on this occasion is yet another testament to the centrality of India’s ‘Neighborhood First’ policy, and our SAGAR Vision for the Indian Ocean region. As stakeholders in each other’s progress and well-being, we count on our closest friends and neighbours to work with us to foster peace and prosperity in our region and beyond.
The President also wished Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi success as he took on his high responsibility in the service of our people.
The President of India has appointed Narendra Damodardas Modi as the Prime Minister of India. Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has appointed the following as members of the Council of Ministers:-
Cabinet Ministers
- Shri Raj Nath Singh
- Shri Amit Shah
- Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
- Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda
- Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
- Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
- Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
- Shri Manohar Lal
- Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy
- Shri Piyush Goyal
- Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
- Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi
- Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh
- Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
- Dr. Virendra Kumar
- Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu
- Shri Pralhad Joshi
- Shri Jual Oram
- Shri Giriraj Singh
- Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
- Shri Bhupender Yadav
- Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Smt. Annpurna Devi
- Shri Kiren Rijiju
- Shri Hardeep Singh Puri
- Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
- Shri G. Kishan Reddy
- Shri Chirag Paswan
- Shri C R Patil
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
- Rao Inderjit Singh
- Dr. Jitendra Singh
- Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
- Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao
- Shri Jayant Chaudhary
Ministers of State
- Shri Jitin Prasada
- Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
- Shri Pankaj Chaudhary
- Shri Krishan Pal
- Shri Ramdas Athawale
- Shri Ram Nath Thakur
- Shri Nityanand Rai
- Smt. Anupriya Patel
- Shri V. Somanna
- Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
- Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel
- Sushri Sobha Karandlaje
- Shri Kirtivardhan Singh
- Shri B. L. Verma
- Shri Shantanu Thakur
- Shri Suresh Gopi
- Dr. L. Murugan
- Shri Ajay Tamta
- Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar
- Shri Kamlesh Paswan
- Shri Bhagirath Choudhary
- Shri Satish Chandra Dubey
- Shri Sanjay Seth
- Shri Ravneet Singh
- Shri Durgadas Uikey
- Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse
- Shri Sukanta Majumdar
- Smt. Savitri Thakur
- Shri Tokhan Sahu
- Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary
- Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
- Shri Harsh Malhotra
- Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya
- Shri Murlidhar Mohol
- Shri George Kurian
- Shri Pabitra Margherita
The President administered the Oaths of Office and Secrecy to the above Members of the Council of Ministers at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, today (09.06.2024).
