Monday;July 18, 2016:On the first day of Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his new ministers to the Lok Sabha today.
The Prime Minister had introduced 19 new faces in his Council of Ministers in the expansion which took place on July 5.These involved Prakash Javadekar, the new HRD minister.
Others are Vijay Goel, Anil Madhav Dave, Faggan Singh Kulaste S S Ahluwalia, Ramdas Athawale, Ramesh Chandrappa, Rajen Gohain, Purushottam Rupala, M J Akbar, Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Mahendranath Pande, Ajay Tamta Krishna Raj, Mansukh Mandavia, Anupriya Patel, C R Chaudhary P P Chaudhary and Subhash Ramrao Amre were among the new ministers of state and ministers of state with Independent charge introduced to the House.
Conrad Kongkal Sangma, elected on National People's Party ticket from the Tura constituency in Meghalaya, took oath as member of the Lok Sabha.