As Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets ready to take oath for his second tenure later in the day, party president Amit Shah has started calling up likely ministers who will be inducted in the Modi Cabinet. According to reports, after a final round of consultations with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shah has called BJP leader from Bihar Ravi Shankar Prasad, senior leader Prakash Javadekar, Union minister Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Prasad.
Ministers selected for oath of office will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence at 4.30 today, shortly before the swearing-in ceremony.
The list of union ministers is likely to be sent to the Rashtrapati Bhavan soon.
Here are the ministers who have received call from Amit Shah:
1. Ravi Shankar Prasad
2. Prakash Javadekar
3. Piyush Goyal
4. Dharminder Pradhan
5. SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal
6. BJP MP from Asansol, Babul Supriyo
7. DV Sadananda Gowda, BJP leader from Karnataka
8. Nitin Gadkari
9. Giriraj Singh
10. Kiren Rijiju
11. Gajendra Shekhawat
12. Purushottam Rupala
13. OP Ravindranath Kumar of AIADMK
14. Yadav Nityanand Rai
15. Mansukh Mandaviya
16. Assam MP Rameswar Teli
17. Shripad Naik
18. Sanjay Dhotre, Akola MP, BJP
19. Santosh Gangwar
20. Ramesh Pokhriyal
21. Niranjan Jyoti, BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh
22. Jitendra Singh
23. Sanjeev Balyan
24. Arjun Ram Meghwal
25. Thawar Chand Gehlot
26. Shripad Yesso Naik, BJP
27. General (Retd) VK Singh