Manmohan Singh has been PM for 10 years
Let us tell you that Pratibha Patil, a Congress leader, was elected the President of the country during the tenure of the UPA government. At the same time, Manmohan Singh has been the Prime Minister of the country for 10 years in the Congress-led UPA government. Current JDS leader HD Devegowda has also been the Prime Minister of the country and is currently a part of the NDA alliance. As the leader of the NDA ally party, HD Devegowda’s son HD Kumaraswamy took oath as a cabinet minister at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday. On Monday, he/she has been made the Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries.
Division of ministries
On the advice of Prime Minister Modi, President Draupadi Murmu on Monday also allocated departments (ministries) to the ministers of the government. Amit Shah has been made the Home and Cooperation Minister again in the Central Government, while Rajnath Singh has also been given the responsibility of the Defense Ministry again. Nitin Gadkari has also been made the Road Transport and Highways Minister while retaining his/her old ministry. S. Jaishankar has also been made the Foreign Minister again and Nirmala Sitharaman has been made the Finance and Corporate Minister. The old departments of most of the ministers of the government have been retained.