Modi's Third Cabinet: Uttar Pradesh Leads with Maximum Ministers

**New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third cabinet, sworn in recently, has marked a significant representation of leaders from various states, with Uttar Pradesh leading the way by contributing the highest number of ministers. Here’s a detailed overview of the new cabinet composition:

### Uttar Pradesh
With ten leaders, Uttar Pradesh has the most significant representation in Modi’s new cabinet:
- **Rajnath Singh** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Hardeep Singh Puri** (Rajya Sabha, Cabinet Minister)
- **Jayant Chaudhary** (Rajya Sabha, Minister of State with Independent Charge)
- **Jitin Prasada** (Minister of State)
- **Pankaj Chaudhary** (Minister of State)
- **Anupriya Patel** (Minister of State)
- **S.P. Singh Baghel** (Minister of State)
- **Kirtivardhan Singh** (Minister of State)
- **B.L. Verma** (Minister of State)
- **Kamlesh Paswan** (Minister of State)

### Bihar
Bihar follows with eight ministers in the cabinet:
- **Jitan Ram Manjhi** (HAM, Cabinet Minister)
- **Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh** (JDU, Cabinet Minister)
- **Giriraj Singh** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Chirag Paswan** (LJP-Ram Vilas, Cabinet Minister)
- **Ramnath Thakur** (Rajya Sabha, Minister of State)
- **Nityanand Rai** (Minister of State)
- **Satish Dubey** (Rajya Sabha, Minister of State)
- **Rajbhushan Chaudhary** (Minister of State)

### Gujarat
Gujarat has six leaders in Modi's team:
- **Amit Shah** (Cabinet Minister)
- **J.P. Nadda** (Rajya Sabha, Cabinet Minister)
- **Subrahmanyam Jaishankar** (Rajya Sabha, Cabinet Minister)
- **Mansukh Mandaviya** (Cabinet Minister)
- **C.R. Patil** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Neemuben Bambhania** (Minister of State)

### Maharashtra
Maharashtra also has significant representation with six ministers:
- **Nitin Gadkari** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Piyush Goyal** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Pratap Rao Jadhav** (Minister of State with Independent Charge)
- **Ramdas Athawale** (Rajya Sabha, Minister of State)
- **Raksha Khadse** (Minister of State)
- **Murlidhar Mohol** (Minister of State)

### Madhya Pradesh
Six leaders from Madhya Pradesh join the cabinet:
- **Shivraj Singh Chouhan** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Dr. Virendra Kumar** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Jyotiraditya Scindia** (Cabinet Minister)
- **L. Murugan** (Rajya Sabha, Minister of State)
- **Durgadas Uike** (Minister of State)
- **Savitri Thakur** (Minister of State)

### Karnataka
Karnataka contributes five leaders:
- **Nirmala Sitharaman** (Rajya Sabha, Cabinet Minister)
- **H.D. Kumaraswamy** (JDS, Cabinet Minister)
- **Pralhad Joshi** (Cabinet Minister)
- **V. Somanna** (Minister of State)
- **Shobha Karandlaje** (Minister of State)

### Haryana
Haryana has three ministers in the cabinet:
- **Manohar Lal** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Rao Inderjit Singh** (Minister of State with Independent Charge)
- **Krishan Pal Gurjar** (Minister of State)

### Odisha
Three leaders from Odisha are part of the cabinet:
- **Dharmendra Pradhan** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Jual Oram** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Ashwini Vaishnaw** (Rajya Sabha, Cabinet Minister)

### Assam
Two leaders from Assam join the cabinet:
- **Sarbananda Sonowal** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Pavitra Margherita** (Rajya Sabha, Minister of State)

### Andhra Pradesh
Three ministers from Andhra Pradesh are included:
- **Ram Mohan Naidu** (TDP, Cabinet Minister)
- **Chandrashekhar Pemmasani** (TDP, Minister of State)
- **Bhupathi Raju Srinivas Verma** (Minister of State)

### Rajasthan
Rajasthan has four ministers in the cabinet:
- **Bhupender Yadav** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Gajendra Singh Shekhawat** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Arjun Ram Meghwal** (Minister of State with Independent Charge)
- **Bhagirath Chaudhary** (Minister of State)

### Jharkhand
Two leaders from Jharkhand are in the cabinet:
- **Annapurna Devi** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Sanjay Seth** (Minister of State)

### Arunachal Pradesh
**Kiren Rijiju** (Cabinet Minister)

### Telangana
Two leaders from Telangana join the cabinet:
- **G. Kishan Reddy** (Cabinet Minister)
- **Bandi Sanjay Kumar** (Minister of State)

### Jammu & Kashmir
**Jitendra Singh** (Minister of State with Independent Charge)

### Goa
**Shripad Yesso Naik** (Minister of State)

### West Bengal
Two leaders from West Bengal are in the cabinet:
- **Shantanu Thakur** (Minister of State)
- **Sukanta Majumdar** (Minister of State)

### Kerala
Two leaders from Kerala join the cabinet:
- **Suresh Gopi** (Minister of State)
- **Jose Kurian** (Minister of State)

### Uttarakhand
**Ajay Tamta** (Minister of State)

### Punjab
**Ravneet Singh Bittu** (Minister of State)

### Chhattisgarh
**Tokhan Sahu** (Minister of State)

### New Delhi
**Harsh Malhotra** (Minister of State)

This diverse and extensive cabinet reflects Modi's strategy of inclusive governance, aiming to balance representation from different regions and communities across India.