Modi 3.0 Cabinet: List Of Ministers From South India In Narendra Modi's New Government

The Narendra Modi-led BJP made a significant push into South India during the Lok Sabha polls, countering the opposition's characterization of the party as primarily 'North Indian'. Modi spared no effort to establish a foothold in the region.

This strategy bore fruit as the BJP made notable gains in four South Indian states, although it failed to secure any seats in Tamil Nadu. In Karnataka, the BJP's seat count decreased to 17 in 2024 from 25 in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, while it surged to 8 from 4 seats in Telangana.

It's worth noting that the BJP had lost to the Congress in the assembly elections in these two states the previous year.

In Andhra Pradesh, the BJP, which had alliances with the TDP and Jana Sena, secured three seats. After years of endeavor, the BJP finally clinched its first victory in Kerala when actor Suresh Gopi won the Thrissur seat.

The BJP now boasts a total of 29 MPs from South India.

Further emphasizing its commitment to the region, the Narendra Modi government has included 13 MPs from South India in its ranks. Here's a breakdown of the representation from the five South Indian states:

Kerala
Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi, who is the first BJP Lok Sabha MP from Kerala, joined PM Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers on Sunday.

Karnataka
Five representatives from Karnataka joined Modi's cabinet. They are:

• Nirmala Sitharaman: Elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.
• Prahlad Joshi: MP for Hubballi-Dharwad.
• Shobha Karandlaje: MP for Bengaluru North.
• V Somanna: MP for Tumkur.
• H D Kumaraswamy: MP for Mandya.

Andhra Pradesh
TDP Members of Parliament:

• Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: MP for Srikakulam.
• Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar: MP for Guntur.

And BJP Member of Parliament:

• Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma: MP for Narsapuram.

Telangana
The Telangana BJP, which bolstered the party's national tally with eight MPs, has been rewarded with two ministerial berths in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government:

G Kishan Reddy: MP for Secunderabad, nominated again as a cabinet minister.
Bandi Sanjay Kumar: MP for Karimnagar, making his debut as minister of state.

Tamil Nadu
L Murugan, the outgoing minister of state and former Tamil Nadu president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was the only leader from Tamil Nadu was is made a minister in the NDA government. Although there were speculations that Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai will be part of the government, the party leadership has decided to continue him as the state chief till Assembly elections 2026.

Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of the third time in a row on Sunday. 72 MPs from multiple parties took oath as ministers.