Former Modi ministers who cut lonely figures in Parliament now

These members of Parliament once held powerful ministerial portfolios in the first five years of Modi government. 

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ThePrint Team
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Sultanpur MP Maneka Gandhi
Sultanpur MP Maneka Gandhi waits for her car outside the Parliament | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

On the day of PM Narendra Modi’s swearing-in for the second time, and all eyes were on stage to find out who were the new council of ministers in the new government. It was evident that the new Modi Cabinet will have plenty of new faces. The Parliament is in its Budget session, and here are some former ministers without their past clouts in India’s seat of democracy.

Anupriya Patel

Anupriya Patel at Parliament
Apna Dal’s Mirzapur MP Anupriya Patel was the junior minister for health and family welfare. Ashwini Kumar Choubey replaced her | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Chaudhary Birender Singh

Singh was replaced by Narendra Singh Tomar as Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Sanitation & Drinking Water | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Radha Mohan Singh

Radha Mohan Singh at Parliament
Radha Mohan Singh was replaced by Narendra Singh Tomar as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Mahesh Sharma

Sharma was the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He has been replaced by MP Babul Supriyo | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Ram Kripal Yadav

Ram Kripal Yadav at Parliament
The Pataliputra MP was replaced by Niranjan Jyoti as the MoS of Ministry of Rural Development | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Jayant Sinha 

Jayant Sinha at Parliament
Sinha was the MoS for Ministry of Finance and Civil Aviation. Currently Anurag Thakur is the MoS Ministry of Finance | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Vijay Goel

Vijay Goel at Parliament
Arjun Ram Meghwal replaced Goel (above) current Minister of State for Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore at Parliament
Kiren Rijiju replaced Rathore as Minister of State (independent charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports| Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Shiv Pratap Shukla

Shiv Pratap Shukla at Parliament
Shukla was the MoS Finance in Modi’s first government | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

K.J. Alphons

Prahlad Singh Patel replaced Alphons as the MoS of Ministry of Culture, and Tourism | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Subhash Bhamre

Subhash Bhamre at Parliament
Subhash Bhamre was replaced by Shripad Yesso Naik as the junior defence minister | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Satya Pal Singh

Satya Pal Singh at Parliament
Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao replaced Satya Pal Singh as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint