Second Vajpayee ministry

Second Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry
17th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	19 March 1998
Date dissolved	12 October 1999
People and organisations
Head of state	K. R. Narayanan
Head of government	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Member party	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Status in legislature	Coalition 276 / 543 (51%)
Opposition party	Indian National Congress
Opposition leader	Sharad Pawar (19 March 1998 – 26 April 1999)
History
Election(s)	1998
Outgoing election	1999
Legislature term(s)	1 year, 207 days
Predecessor	I. K. Gujral ministry
Successor	Third Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ministry

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.

Council of ministers

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

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 Vajpayee	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Home Affairs		L. K. Advani	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Finance		Yashwant Sinha	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of External Affairs		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19 March 1998	5 December 1998	BJP
		Jaswant Singh	5 December 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Defence		George Fernandes	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	Samta Party
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers		Surjit Singh Barnala	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	SAD
Minister of Labour		Satyanarain Jatia	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Industry		Sikander Bakht	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Commerce		Ramakrishna Hegde	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	Lok Shakti
Minister of Textiles		Kashiram Rana	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs		M. Thambidurai	19 March 1998	8 April 1999	AIADMK
		Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	9 April 1999	8 June 1999	BJP
		Ram Jethmalani	8 June 1999	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Information & Broadcasting		Sushma Swaraj	19 March 1998	11 October 1998	BJP
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	11 October 1998	5 December 1998	BJP
		Pramod Mahajan	5 December 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		Madan Lal Khurana	19 March 1998	30 January 1999	BJP
		Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	30 January 1999	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Education Minister of Science & Technology		Murli Manohar Joshi	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Health and Family Welfare		Dalit Ezhilmalai MOS, (I/C)	19 March 1998	14 August 1999	PMK
		A. K. Patel MOS, (I/C)	16 August 1999	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Surface Transport		R. Muthiah	19 March 1998	8 April 1998	AIADMK
		M. Thambidurai	8 April 1998	8 April 1999	AIADMK
		Nitish Kumar	9 April 1999	5 August 1999	Samta Party
		Jaswant Singh	5 August 1999	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Railways		Nitish Kumar	19 March 1998	5 August 1999	Samta Party
		Ram Naik	6 August 1999	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Civil Aviation		Ananth Kumar	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Rural Development		Babagouda Patil MOS, (I/C)	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Urban Development		Ram Jethmalani	19 March 1998	8 June 1999	BJP
		Jagmohan	8 June 1999	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Communications		Buta Singh	19 March 1998	20 April 1998	Independent
		Sushma Swaraj	20 April 1998	11 October 1998	BJP
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	11 October 1998	5 December 1998	BJP
		Jagmohan	5 December 1998	8 June 1999	BJP
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	8 June 1999	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Coal		Dilip Ray MOS, (I/C)	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJD
Minister of Mines Minister of Steel		Naveen Patnaik	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJD
Minister of Environment and Forests		Suresh Prabhu	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	SHS
Minister of Non Conventional Energy Sources		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19 March 1998	3 February 1999	BJP
		Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	3 February 1999	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas		Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress
Minister of Power		P R Kumaramangalam	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	BJP
Minister of Tourism		Madan Lal Khurana	19 March 1998	30 January 1999	BJP
		Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	3 February 1999	30 January 1999	BJP
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment		Maneka Gandhi MOS, (I/C)	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	Independent
Minister of Women & Child Development Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports		Uma Bharti MOS, (I/C)	1 March 1999	13 October 1999	BJP

Ministers of State

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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