Among the Cabinet Ministers who took oath just after PM Modi were BJP chief Rajnath Singh, Leader of Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, former BJP chiefs Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, former Karnataka CM DV Sadananda Gowda, former MP Chief Minister Uma Bharti, former deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha Najma Heptulla, former Maharashtra Deputy CM Gopinath Munde, former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, former Uttar Pradesh Minister Kalraj Mishra, former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, former Union Minister Ananth Kumar, former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, senior TDP leader Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Shiv Sena leader and former Union Minister Anant Geete, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Narendra Singh Tomar, Odisha BJP leader and former Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, Bihar BJP MP Radha Mohan Singh, Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Thawar Chand Gehlot, actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani and Delhi BJP leader Harsh Vardhan.