Cabinet Vajpayee I.
The Vajpayee I cabinet was formed in India on May 16, 1991 by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It replaced the Rao cabinet and remained in office until June 1, 1996, after which it was replaced by the Gowda cabinet .
In the parliamentary elections on April 27, May 2 and 7, 1996 , the Indian National Congress (INC) received the most votes, but lost 7.46 percentage points and only had 140 of the 545 MPs. Due to the majority voting right, the BJP, which had received almost 30 million votes less than the INC, became the strongest parliamentary group in the Lok Sabha with 161 seats . The Janata Dal (JD) had 46 parliamentarians and remained the third largest force. After the previous Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao was the first head of government in India to be convicted of bribery in a criminal case and then overthrown in a vote of no confidence on May 16, 1996, the BJP politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee was charged with forming a government on May 16, 1991. However, since Vajpayee could not find a parliamentary majority for his government, he submitted his resignation on June 1, 1996 after just under two weeks in office.
minister
The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:
| Office | Surname | Political party | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prime minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Interior minister | Murli Manohar Joshi | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Finance minister | Jaswant Singh | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Foreign minister | Sikander Bakht | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Minister for Urban Development and Employment | Sikander Bakht | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Suraj Bhan | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Minister for Law, Justice and Corporate Affairs | Ram Jethmalani | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism | V. Dhananjay Kumar | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Defense Minister | Pramod Mahajan | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | Pramod Mahajan | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Welfare minister | Kariya Munda | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Industry Minister | Suresh Prabhu | SHS | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Minister for Health and Family Welfare | Sartaj Singh | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
| Minister for Information and Broadcasting | Sushma Swaraj | BJP | May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 |
Web links
- All Members of Lok Sabha (Since 1952): Members Biographical Sketches on the Lok Sabha homepage
- RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 on the homepage of Rajya Sabha
- Gopa Sabharwal: India Since 1947: The Independent Years , Penguin UK, 2007, ISBN 9-35214-089-3
- India: Key Ministers (rulers.org)
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