Second Vajpayee ministry

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Second Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry
17th ministry of the Republic of India
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Date formed19 March 1998
Date dissolved12 October 1999
People and organisations
Head of stateK. R. Narayanan
Head of governmentAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Member partyBharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Status in legislatureCoalition
276 / 543 (51%)
Opposition partyIndian National Congress
Opposition leaderSharad Pawar (19 March 1998 – 26 April 1999)
History
Election(s)1998
Outgoing election1999
Legislature term(s)1 year, 207 days
PredecessorI. K. Gujral ministry
SuccessorThird Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ministry
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for second time on 19 March 1998. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry.[1][2]

Council of ministers[edit]

Representation of cabinet ministers by party

  Bharatiya Janata Party (59.09%)
  Independent (6.81%)
  Samata Party (4.54%)
  Shiromani Akali Dal (4.54%)
  Lok Shakti (2.27%)
  Pattali Makkal Katchi (2.27%)
  Shiv Sena (2.27%)
  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (9.09%)
  Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress (2.27%)
  Arunachal Congress (2.27%)
  Biju Janata Dal (4.54%)

Cabinet ministers[edit]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister
Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Water Resources		 Atal Bihari Vajpayee19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Home Affairs L. K. Advani19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Finance Yashwant Sinha19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of External Affairs Atal Bihari Vajpayee19 March 19985 December 1998BJP
 Jaswant Singh5 December 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Defence George Fernandes19 March 199813 October 1999Samta Party
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers		 Surjit Singh Barnala19 March 199813 October 1999SAD
Minister of Labour Satyanarain Jatia19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Industry Sikander Bakht19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Commerce Ramakrishna Hegde19 March 199813 October 1999Lok Shakti
Minister of Textiles Kashiram Rana19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs M. Thambidurai19 March 19988 April 1999AIADMK
 Rangarajan Kumaramangalam9 April 19998 June 1999BJP
 Ram Jethmalani8 June 199913 October 1999BJP
Minister of Information & Broadcasting Sushma Swaraj19 March 199811 October 1998BJP
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee11 October 19985 December 1998BJP
 Pramod Mahajan5 December 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Madan Lal Khurana19 March 199830 January 1999BJP
 Rangarajan Kumaramangalam30 January 199913 October 1999BJP
Minister of Education
Minister of Science & Technology		 Murli Manohar Joshi19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dalit Ezhilmalai
MOS, (I/C)		19 March 199814 August 1999PMK
 A. K. Patel
MOS, (I/C)		16 August 199913 October 1999BJP
Minister of Surface Transport R. Muthiah19 March 19988 April 1998AIADMK
 M. Thambidurai8 April 19988 April 1999AIADMK
 Nitish Kumar9 April 19995 August 1999Samta Party
 Jaswant Singh5 August 199913 October 1999BJP
Minister of Railways Nitish Kumar19 March 19985 August 1999Samta Party
 Ram Naik6 August 199913 October 1999BJP
Minister of Civil Aviation Ananth Kumar19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Rural Development Babagouda Patil
MOS, (I/C)		19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Urban Development Ram Jethmalani19 March 19988 June 1999BJP
 Jagmohan8 June 199913 October 1999BJP
Minister of Communications Buta Singh19 March 199820 April 1998Independent
 Sushma Swaraj20 April 199811 October 1998BJP
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee11 October 19985 December 1998BJP
 Jagmohan5 December 19988 June 1999BJP
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee8 June 199913 October 1999BJP
Minister of Coal Dilip Ray
MOS, (I/C)		19 March 199813 October 1999BJD
Minister of Mines
Minister of Steel		 Naveen Patnaik19 March 199813 October 1999BJD
Minister of Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu19 March 199813 October 1999SHS
Minister of Non Conventional Energy Sources Atal Bihari Vajpayee19 March 19983 February 1999BJP
 Rangarajan Kumaramangalam3 February 199913 October 1999BJP
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy19 March 199813 October 1999Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress
Minister of Power P R Kumaramangalam19 March 199813 October 1999BJP
Minister of Tourism Madan Lal Khurana19 March 199830 January 1999BJP
 Rangarajan Kumaramangalam3 February 199930 January 1999BJP
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Maneka Gandhi
MOS, (I/C)		19 March 199813 October 1999Independent
Minister of Women & Child Development
Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports		 Uma Bharti
MOS, (I/C)		1 March 199913 October 1999BJP

Ministers of State[edit]

Sr. No. Name Constituency Portfolio Party Term of office
Took office Left office Duration
1. Omak Apang Arunachal West Minister of State for Tourism Arunachal Congress 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
2. Sukhbir Singh Badal Faridkot Minister of State for Industry Shiromani Akali Dal 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
3. Bandaru Dattatreya Secunderabad Minister of State for Urban Development Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
4. Ramesh Bais Raipur Minister of State for Steel and Mines Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
5. Uma Bharti Khajuraho Minister of State for Human Resource Development Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
6. Dalit Ezhilmalai Chidambaram Minister of State with Independent Charge for Health and Family Welfare Pattali Makkal Katchi 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
7. Maneka Gandhi Pilibhit Minister of State with Independent Charge for Welfare Independent 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
8. Santosh Kumar Gangwar Bareilly Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
9. R. K. Kumar Rajya Sabha, Tamil Nadu Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 19 March 1998 22 May 1998 (64 days)
Minister of State for Finance 20 March 1998 (63 days)
10. Babulal Marandi Dumka Minister of State for Environment and Forests Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
11. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Rampur Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
12. Ram Naik Mumbai North Minister of State for Railways and Parliamentary Affairs Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
13. Dr. A. K. Patel Mehsana Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
14. Babagouda Patil Belgaum Minister of State for Rural Development (Independent Charge) Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
15. Dr. Debendra Pradhan Deogarh Minister of State for Rural Development (Independent Charge) Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
16. Kabindra Purkayastha Silchar Minister of State for Communications Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
17. Vasundhara Raje Jhalawar Minister of State for External Affairs Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
18. Dilip Ray Rajya Sabha Minister of State for Coal (Independent Charge) Biju Janata Dal 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
19. Sompal Shastri Baghpat Minister of State for Agriculture Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
20. Satyapal Singh Yadav Shahjahanpur Minister of State for Civil Supplies Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
21. Kadambur R. Janarthanan Tirunelveli Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 20 March 1998 8 April 1999 (1 year, 19 days)
Minister of State for Finance 22 May 1998 (321 days)

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Finance for Kumar, external affairs for Vasundhara". Rediff.
  2. ↑ "Finance for Sinha, defence for Fernandes". Rediff.
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