The new team has 27 from Other Backward Classes, 10 from Scheduled Castes and five each from Scheduled Castes and minority communities. There is no Muslim representation in the Union Council of Ministers. In the new political scenario, BJP allies have received 11 ministerial berths.
Joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of ministers for the first time are three former chief ministers: Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh, Manohar Lal Khattar of Haryana, and HD Kumaraswamy of Karnataka. - Newsx