New Delhi:
Ex-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan – who orchestrated the BJP’s thumping win within the Meeting election final 12 months, however was stood down from returning in that function – is the brand new Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, changing the BJP’s senior tribal chief Arjun Munda.
The AgrIculture Ministry is among the many extra high-profile within the Narendra Modi authorities, given persevering with stress with farmers because the 2020 protests over the three farm legal guidelines.
Discontent among the many farmers has been seen as one motive why the BJP fared poorly in states like Uttar Pradesh, the place it obtained solely 29 seats on this election, in comparison with 62 in 2019 and 71 in 2014. The BJP additionally gained fewer seats in states like Punjab and Haryana, from the place farmers additionally protested.
Mr Chouhan contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from his Vidisha stronghold, which he gained by a margin of over 8.2 lakh votes; he gained this seat in 5 consecutive elections between 1991 and 2004.
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The raft of cupboard bulletins made Monday included some surprises and a few large names retaining their posts. Chief among the many latter have been the Massive 4 – the House, Defence, Finance, and Exterior Affair. Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S Jaishankar have retained these positions.
Senior BJP chief Nitin Gadkari retains his Street Transport and Highways put up, and Ashwini Vaishnaw has retained his Railways portfolio with Data and Broadcasting added.
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New faces embody ex-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who has been rewarded for orchestrating his get together’s thumping Meeting win final 12 months by being made Agriculture Minister.
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One other ex-Chief Minister – Haryana’s ML Khattar – is Energy and Housing and City Affairs Minister.
Within the 2024 Lok Sabha election the BJP gained 240 seats by itself – 32 under the bulk mark – however managed to type the federal government for a 3rd consecutive time due to 53 seats from Nationwide Democratic Allies, notably the TDP and Nitish Kumar’s JDU. These two contributed 16 and 12 MPs.
The JDU has obtained two berths, of which one – Panchayati Raj – has gone to senior chief Lalan Singh.
The TDP, which had requested for 4 and the Lok Sabha Speaker’s Chair, has been given two, considered one of which is Civil Aviation, to be given to Srikakulam MP Ram Mohan Naidu.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi – who will take the Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Power, and Area ministries – was sworn in on Sunday night for a file third time with a cupboard of 71 ministers, together with 30 of cupboard rank.
The opposition INDIA bloc – led by the Congress – gained 293 seats to place up an unexpectedly shut struggle. There was hypothesis the Congress would attain out to Chandrababu Naidu, who was as soon as a UPA member. and Nitish Kumar, who helped discovered the INDIA bloc, to persuade them to dump the BJP and are available onboard, however that has not materialised, for now.
From the southern states – areas by which the BJP often struggled, and did so once more, with zero seats in Tamil Nadu and a drop of 11 in Karnataka. From the latter state, although, Janata Dal (Secular) boss HD Kumaraswamay has been given Heavy Industries and Metal.
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