There are at least 30 ministers with a cabinet rank in the new Narendra Modi administration. However, from Nirmala Sitharaman and Amit Shah to Sabananda Sonowal and Kiren Rijiju, there are at least 11 ministers in the new cabinet chosen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will continue to serve as the chiefs of the same ministries as they did before the latest election to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament.
Former Congress leader Ravneet Singh Bittu, who joined the BJP in March 2024, and lost the election from Ludhiana, has made it to Modi's council of Ministers. He will be the Junior Minister in Railways and Food Processing. Former state chief of BJP in Tamil Nadu and a Dalit leader, L Murugan, did not win the election from Nilgiris to DMK's A Raja. However, Murugan will continue as a junior minister for Information and Broadcasting, as well as join the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs as a junior to Kiren Rijiju.
Nirmala Sitharaman and Annapurna Devi (who won the Lok Sabha election from Kodarma in Jharkhand) are two women with a cabinet rank in the Modi administration starting 2024. Sitharaman continues as the Finance Minister while Devi will take over as the Minister for Women and Child Development.
These are some of the key BJP allies with cabinet rank in the Modi government: HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) will be the Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries. Jitan Ram Manjhi of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) will take charge as Minister for MSMEs. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh of the Janata Dal United (JDU) is now the Minister of Panchayati Raj, and also the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying. Ramdas Athawale from the Republican Party of India (A) continues as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Anupriya Patel of the Apna Dal (S) is the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu from the TDP is the new Minister of Civil Aviation. Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) is now the Minister of Food Processing Industries.
The new Modi cabinet is a reflection of the changed circumstances that forces the Prime Minister to extend his outreach to both allies as well as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the party's ideological parent. Six ministers from Maharashtra and 8 ministers from Bihar also reflect the pressures of upcoming state elections where the party would like to strengthen its hold.