Second 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.[1][2]

Second Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry
17th ministry of the Republic of India
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
Opposition partyIndian National Congress
Opposition leaderSharad Pawar (19 March 1998 – 26 April 1999)
History
Election(s)1998
Outgoing election1999
Legislature term(s)1 year, 6 months and 23 days
PredecessorI. K. Gujral ministry
SuccessorThird Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ministry

Cabinet ministers


Sr. No. Name Constituency Portfolio Party Term of office
Took office Left office Duration
1. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lucknow
  • Prime Minister
  • Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
  • Department of Atomic Energy
  • Department of Space
  • All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.
 Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
2. Lal Krishna Advani Gandhinagar Minister of Home Affairs Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
3. Ananth Kumar Bangalore South Minister of Civil Aviation Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
4. Sikander Bakht Rajya Sabha Minister of Industry Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
5. Surjit Singh Barnala Rajya Sabha Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers with additional charge of Food Shiromani Akali Dal 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
6. George Fernandes Muzaffarpur Minister of Defence Samata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
7. Ramakrishna Hegde Rajya Sabha Minister of Commerce Lok Shakti 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
8. Satyanarayan Jatiya Ujjain Minister of Labour Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
9. Ram Jethmalani Rajya Sabha Minister of Urban Development Independent 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
10. Murli Manohar Joshi Allahabad Minister of Human Resource Development with additional charge of Science and Technology Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
11. Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy Salem Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
12. Madan Lal Khurana Delhi Sadar Minister of Parliamentary Affairs with additional charge of Tourism Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
13. Rangarajan Kumaramangalam Tiruchirapalli Minister of Power Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
14. M. Thambidurai Karur Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
14. Nitish Kumar Nalanda Minister of Railways Samata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
15. Naveen Patnaik Nalanda Minister of Steel and Mines Biju Janata Dal 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
16. Suresh Prabhu Rajapur Minister of Environment and Forests Shiv Sena 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
17. Kashiram Rana Surat Minister of Textiles Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
17. Sedapatti Muthiah Periyakulam Minister of Surface Transport All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
19. Yashwant Sinha Hazaribagh Minister of Finance Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
20. Buta Singh Jalore Minister of Communications Independent 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
20. Sushma Swaraj South Delhi Minister of Information and Broadcasting Bharatiya Janata Party 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)
21. Jaswant Singh Rajya Sabha Minister of External Affairs (from December 1998) BJP December 1998 12 October 1999

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 Minister of State for Finance (Revenue, Banking and Insurance) and additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 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. R. Janarthanan Tirunelveli Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grivances and Pensions All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 19 March 1998 12 October 1999 (1 year, 207 days)

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