Narendra Modi cabinet list: Piyush Goyal, Ramdas Athawale to Krishan Reddy, these leaders have got calls from PMO

Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met BJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday morning, several leaders reportedly got calls from PMO, confirming that they will be a part of the new cabinet. The meeting between Modi and Shah was held to give final shape to the Council of Ministers, ahead of the swearing-in ceremony scheduled to take place in the evening. Sources have confirmed to Zee Media that Piyush Goyal, Ramdas Athawale, Krishan Reddy and Ram Vilas Paswan, among others have got calls from PMO. All these leaders have been asked to meet PM Modi at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg at 4:30 pm today. Here is the list of leaders who have got the call so far - 

1. Jitender Singh 

2. Ramdas Athawale 

3. Kishan Reddy 

4. Ram Vilas Paswan

5. Arjun Ram Meghwal

6. Suresh Angadi

7.  Piyush Goel

8. Prahalad Joshi

9. Mukhtar Abbas Naqwi

10. Prahlad Patel

11. Prakash Javadekar

12. Ravi Shankar Prasad

13. Babul Supriyo

14. Nirmala Sitharaman

15. Rajnath Singh

16. Smriti Irani

17. Sadanand Gowda

18. Kailash Chaudhary

19. Nitin Gadkari

20. Dhawarchand Gehlot

21. Kishan Pal Gujjar

22. Kiren Rijiju

23. Sadhavi Niranjan Jyoti

24. Mansukh Lal Mandaviya

25. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

26. Giriraj Singh

27. Sushma Swaraj

28. Sanjeev Balyan

29. Santosh Gangwar

30. Nityanand Rai 

31. Subrat Pathak

32. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat 

33. Raveendranath 

34. Purshotam Rupala

35. Rao Inderajit

36. Anupriya Patel 

37. RCP Singh

38. Debashree Chaudhuri 

39. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

40. Rameshwar Teli

41. Som Prakash

42. Arvind Sawant 

43. Narendra Singh Tomar

Earlier on Wednesday, Zee Business TV had reported that Amit Shah will take charge of the finance ministry in place of Arun Jaitley while JP Nadda would be appointed new party president. According to a Zee Business TV report citing sources, following is the list of expected ministers with their respective portfolios:-

Amit Shah: Finance Minister

Rajnath Singh: Home Minister

Piyush Goyal: Railways Minister or Defence Minister

Suresh Prabhu: Commerce Minister

Aviation Ministry: The portfolio may go to BJP's ally, maybe JDU

Nitin Gadkari: Transport Ministry. Also, Additional Charge of Railways Ministry

Anupriya Patel: Cabinet level 

Shiv Sena: The BJP ally may get 2 ministerial berths

JDU: The BJP ally may get 2 ministerial berths

LJP: The BJP ally may get 1 Cabinet berths

Ravi Shankar Prasad: Law Ministry or Telecom Ministry

Nirmala Sitharaman: External Affairs Ministry

Sadananda Gowda: Law Ministry, if Ravi Shankar Prasad gets Telecom Ministry

Smriti Irani: Amethi MP may also get an important portfolio

Modi and Shah have held several rounds of discussions in the last two days ahead of government formation. BJP allies like Shiv Sena, JD(U), AIADMK, LJP, Akali Dal and Apna Dal are set to be represented in the government. The Shiv Sena has confirmed its leader Arvind Sawant, who defeated Congress heavyweight Milind Deora from Mumbai, will be its nominee in the council of ministers. The Lok Janshakti Party has already passed a resolution recommending its president Ram Vilas Paswan as the party's representative in the Modi government.

The BJP has refrained from making any official comment about the likely members of the government, with its leaders asserting that it is the prime minister's prerogative. Senior party leaders like Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Prakash Javadekar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan and Smriti Irani are likely to join the second Modi government after being its members in its first avatar.