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
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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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
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister
Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Water Resources		Atal Bihari Vajpayee19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Home AffairsL. K. Advani19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of FinanceYashwant Sinha19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of External AffairsAtal Bihari Vajpayee19 March 19985 December 1998 BJP
Jaswant Singh5 December 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of DefenceGeorge Fernandes19 March 199813 October 1999 SAP
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers		Surjit Singh Barnala19 March 199813 October 1999 SAD
Minister of LabourSatyanarain Jatia19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of IndustrySikander Bakht19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of CommerceRamakrishna Hegde19 March 199813 October 1999 Lok Shakti
Minister of TextilesKashiram Rana19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Law, Justice and Company AffairsM. Thambidurai19 March 19988 April 1999 AIADMK
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam9 April 19998 June 1999 BJP
Ram Jethmalani8 June 199913 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Information & BroadcastingSushma Swaraj19 March 199811 October 1998 BJP
Atal Bihari Vajpayee11 October 19985 December 1998 BJP
Pramod Mahajan5 December 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Parliamentary AffairsMadan Lal Khurana19 March 199830 January 1999 BJP
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam30 January 199913 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Education
Minister of Science & Technology		Murli Manohar Joshi19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Health and Family WelfareDalit Ezhilmalai
MOS, (I/C)		19 March 199814 August 1999 PMK
A. K. Patel
MOS, (I/C)		16 August 199913 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Surface TransportR. Muthiah19 March 19988 April 1998 AIADMK
M. Thambidurai8 April 19988 April 1999 AIADMK
Nitish Kumar9 April 19995 August 1999 SAP
Jaswant Singh5 August 199913 October 1999 BJP
Minister of RailwaysNitish Kumar19 March 19985 August 1999 SAP
Ram Naik6 August 199913 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Civil AviationAnanth Kumar19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Rural DevelopmentBabagouda Patil
MOS, (I/C)		19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Urban DevelopmentRam Jethmalani19 March 19988 June 1999 BJP
Jagmohan8 June 199913 October 1999 BJP
Minister of CommunicationsButa Singh19 March 199820 April 1998 Independent
Sushma Swaraj20 April 199811 October 1998 BJP
Atal Bihari Vajpayee11 October 19985 December 1998 BJP
Jagmohan5 December 19988 June 1999 BJP
Atal Bihari Vajpayee8 June 199913 October 1999 BJP
Minister of CoalDilip Ray
MOS, (I/C)		19 March 199813 October 1999 BJD
Minister of Mines
Minister of Steel		Naveen Patnaik19 March 199813 October 1999 BJD
Minister of Environment and ForestsSuresh Prabhu19 March 199813 October 1999 SHS
Minister of Non Conventional Energy SourcesAtal Bihari Vajpayee19 March 19983 February 1999 BJP
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam3 February 199913 October 1999 BJP
Minister of Petroleum and Natural GasVazhappady K. Ramamurthy19 March 199813 October 1999 Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress
Minister of PowerP R Kumaramangalam19 March 199813 October 1999 BJP
Minister of TourismMadan Lal Khurana19 March 199830 January 1999 BJP
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam3 February 199930 January 1999 BJP
Minister of Social Justice and EmpowermentManeka Gandhi
MOS, (I/C)		19 March 199813 October 1999 Independent
Minister of Women & Child Development
Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports		Uma Bharti
MOS, (I/C)		1 March 199913 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)

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