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BJP was well short of majority and looking for allies, but Vajpayee resigned after just 16 days since he could not muster enough support. The ministry was kept small because its fate was uncertain when swearing-in took place.
BJP was well short of majority and looking for allies, but Vajpayee resigned after just 16 days since he could not muster enough support. The ministry was kept small because its fate was uncertain when swearing-in took place.


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First Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry

14th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed16 May 1996
Date dissolved1 June 1996
People and organisations
Head of stateShankar Dayal Sharma
Head of governmentAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Member partyBharatiya Janata Party
Status in legislatureMinority
187 / 543 (34%)
Opposition partyIndian National Congress
Opposition leaderP. V. Narasimha Rao
History
Election(s)1996
Legislature term(s)16 days
PredecessorP. V. Narasimha Rao ministry
SuccessorH. D. Deve Gowda ministry

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for first time on 16 May 1996.

BJP was well short of majority and looking for allies, but Vajpayee resigned after just 16 days since he could not muster enough support. The ministry was kept small because its fate was uncertain when swearing-in took place.

List of Council members[edit | edit source]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee[1]16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of Home Affairs Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi[2]16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of Finance Jaswant Singh[3]16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Urban Affairs and Employment
 Sikander Bakht16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of Agriculture Suraj Bhan16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs Ram Jethmalani16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism V. Dhananjaya Kumar16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of Defence
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
 Pramod Mahajan16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of Welfare Karia Munda16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of Industry Suresh Prabhu16 May 19961 June 1996SHS
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Sartaj Singh16 May 19961 June 1996BJP
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sushma Swaraj16 May 19961 June 1996BJP

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile:Vajpayee, Shri Atal Bihari". loksabha.nic.in. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile:Joshi, Dr. Murli Manohar". loksabha.nic.in. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile:Singh,Shri Jaswant". loksabha.nic.in. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

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