Cabinet revamp: Amit Shah, Smriti Irani congratulate newly sworn-in ministers

Following a mega Union Cabinet reshuffle at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah congratulated to newly sworn-in ministers and said that these ministers would leave no stone unturned in realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of a New India.

He took to Twitter and said, "Congrats to all newly sworn-in ministers. I am sure they will leave no stone unturned in realising PM @narendramodi's dream of a #NewIndia."

Meanwhile, Union Cabinet Minister of Textiles and Information and Broadcasting (Additional Charge) Smriti Irani also congratulated all Ministers of States (MoS) inducted in the Council of Ministers.

"Congratulations to MoS' inducted in Council of Ministers. Their contribution will help build a #NewIndia as envisaged by PM @narendramodi ji," she tweeted.

She further tweeted and wished Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Mukhta Abbas Naqvi on taking oath as Cabinet Ministers.

"Heartiest congratulations to @PiyushGoyal ji, @nsitharaman ji, @dpradhanbjp ji & @naqvimukhtar ji on taking oath as Cabinet Ministers," she said in a series of tweets.

The Cabinet rejig saw the promotion of as many as four Ministers of State to the rank of Cabinet ministers.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal has been given the charge of the Railway Ministry.

This comes after Suresh Prabhu formally bade adieu to the 'rail family' on Twitter, earlier in the day. He has now been assigned the portfolio of the Minister of Commerce and Industry.

Goyal has also been declared as the Minister of Coal.

Nirmala Sitharaman has been assigned the charge of the Defence Ministry, becoming only the second woman to hold the post since late Indira Gandhi.

Dharmendra Pradhan has been promoted to the Cabinet rank of Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, has been now made the Minister of Minority Affairs.

Other ministers who are handed over bigger responsibilities and who, probably, lost their credentials are:

-Arun Jaitley will keep Finance Portfolio and Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

-Nitin Gadkari gets the additional charge of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development Ganga Rejuvenation.

-Shiv Pratap Shukla - promoted as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

-Ashwini Kumar Choubey - promoted as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

-Virendra Kumar - - promoted as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs

-Anant Kumar Hegde - the Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

-Raj Kumar Singh - the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power and the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

-Hardeep Puri - the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

-Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

-Satya Pal Singh - the Minister of State in the Ministry of Women Resource Development and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, Rural Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

-Alphons Kannanthanam - the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Tourism and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

-Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also gets Ministry of Mines

While Uma Bharati, who was earlier the Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, has now been made the Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

-Also, Vijay Goel, earlier the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, has now been made the Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

-Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has been given the Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports.