Prime Minister Narendra modi’s first Cabinet expansion takes place today with four Cabinet Ministers and three Minister of State with independent charge were inducted into the Union Council of Ministers.

President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers at a function at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, party General Secretary JP Nadda and Choudhary Birender Singh and Suresh Prabhu took oath as Cabinet Ministers.

Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Bandaru Datatrya and Dr Mahesh Sharma will be Ministers of State with Independent Charge. Those inducted as new Ministers of State include BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Ramkripal Yadav and Hari Bhai Chaudhary.

Shiv Sena distanced itself from the swearing-in ceremony.

Vice President Mohd. Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitely, Nitin Gadkari and BJP President Amit Shah and others dignitaries are present at the function.