Several BJP leaders confirm to have got 'calls' from Amit Shah, PMO

As the new Union Council of Ministers is set to be sworn in today evening several BJP leaders have confirmed that they have received calls from BJP chief Amit Shah and Prime Ministers Office PMO urging them to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence 7 Lok Kalyan Marg and be present during the oathtaking ceremonyIt is believed that these leaders will be sworn in as the ministers in the new governmentPrakash Javadekar Santosh Gangwar Niranjan Jyoti Arjun Ram Meghwal and Ramesh Pokhariya Nishank are among several other leaders who received the call so farPrakash Javadekar handled several key portfolios including Information and Broadcasting Ministry and HRD Ministry in the first Council of Ministers headed by ModiReacting to the reports that he will be made the Protem Speaker of the Lok Sabha Santosh Gangwar said I cannot become the Protem Speaker after becoming a minister Someone else will get that post I will carry out whatever responsibility will be given to meGangwar was Minister of State Independent Charge of Labour and Employment Ministry in the first term of Modi governmentFormer Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank too confirmed that Amit Shah had called him and told him to be present during the oathtaking ceremonyI received a phone call from party president Amit Shah Ji He asked me to be present for the meeting with the Prime Minister today evening He also asked me to be present at the oath ceremony Nishank said while talking to ANIBJP leader Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti also thanked the Prime Minister for including her in his teamI have received a phone call from the party president I express my gratitude to the Prime Minister for including me in his team she saidBikaner MP Arjun Ram Meghwal also thanked the Prime Minister and the BJP chief for showing their trust in himI thank the PM and Amit Shah Ji for showing their trust in me I thank them on behalf of the people of Bikaner The PMs vision will be significant for India He had said that we want to remove our tag of developing nation and make India a developed nation he saidNewly elected BJP MP from Raiganj West Bengal Debasree Choudhary said that she was expecting the callI am feeling very good I was expecting the phone call Upcoming assembly election will be onesided because TMC will not exist Their MLAs and councillors are joining the BJP TMC will not be able to do anything in next election BJP will form the government We will finish them in 56 months she saidBJP leaders Nitin Gadkari DV Sadananda Gowda Dharmendra Pradhan Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Giriraj Singh Babul Supriyo and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal will be swornin as ministers in the second government headed by Modi this eveningGadkari held the portfolio of Road Transport and Highways in Modis first government and retained his Nagpur Lok Sabha seat in the recently concluded electionsIn the last government Pradhan a member of Rajya Sabha was Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Gowda was Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation while Badal was Minister of Food Processing IndustriesNaqvi also a Rajya Sabha member was Minister for Minority Affairs whereas Babul Supriyo was Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Giriraj Singh was Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in the last NDA governmentBefore taking the oath of office the prospective ministers will meet with Prime Minister Modi at his official residence over tea at 430 pm sources saidSpeaking to ANI here Gowda said I received a call from Amit Shah He said that I should be at the home of the Prime Minister at 5 pm and at Rashtrapati Bhawan during the swearingin ceremony at 7 pmAt 5 pm the Prime Minister will have tea with his Cabinet and other ministerial colleagues Then we will go to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to take the oath he saidModi along with his Council of Ministers will take oath as the 15th the Prime Minister of India at 7 pm in the forecourt 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