European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell extended congratulations to S Jaishankar on Monday on his second term as External Affairs Minister of India in the newly constituted cabinet of the BJP-led NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Gratitude to PM Shri @narendramodiJi for reposing trust and reassigning me the roles of Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation," Amit Shah said in a post on 'X'.
Speaking to ANI here on Monday, Malhotra said, "We have got a huge responsibility. We will work to fulfil the manifesto given by the BJP. NDA contested the elections and we had said that the NDA government would be formed and it has happened."
Mansukh Mandaviya, who held the health portfolio in the previous BJP-led NDA government, will be the minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet 3.0.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari at their respective residences to congratulate them for taking oath as Union Ministers in the Narendra Modi government.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who took oath as Union Cabinet Minister on Sunday at the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, is the new Union Agriculture Minister and Rural Development Minister in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired his first Union Cabinet meeting after taking the oath as PM of his third term and decided to provide assistance to 3 crore additional rural and urban households for the construction of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
Five Lok Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) who include Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Virendra Kumar, Durgadas Uikey and Savitri Thakur and one Rajya Sabha MP from the state L Murugan took oath on Sunday.
Narendra Modi took oath as Prime Minister of India for a third successive term on Sunday at an impressive ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan which is being attended by leaders from India's neighbourhood and Indian Ocean region.