Seven women, including Nirmala Sitharaman, have been included in the new council of ministers, while Smriti Irani and Meenakshi Lekhi have been dropped.

In a historic move, the 18th Lok Sabha has welcomed seven women into its council of ministers, two of whom hold Cabinet positions. This marks a slight decrease from the previous council, which had 10 women ministers before its dissolution on June 5th.

Among those who were not re-elected are former Union Minister Smriti Irani, Minister of State Dr. Bharti Pawar, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Darshana Jardosh, Meenakshi Lekhi, and Pratima Bhoumik. While Irani and Pawar lost their seats in Amethi and Dandori respectively, the remaining four were not fielded by the BJP.

But with every end comes a new beginning, and the 18th Lok Sabha has sworn in new female ministers to join the ranks. Former Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and BJP MPs Annpurna Devi, Shobha Karandlaje, Raksha Khadse, Savitri Thakur, and Nimuben Bambhaniya have all been inducted into the council. Sitharaman and Devi have been given Cabinet positions, while the others have been sworn in as ministers of state.

It's worth noting that these new ministers are not the only women who have made strides in the recent Lok Sabha elections. A total of 74 women have been elected this year, a slight decrease from the 78 elected in 2019. And with the induction of these seven women into the council of ministers, the representation of women in the government is set to increase even further.

But this is not a new trend for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has made it a priority to include women in his cabinet. In his first term in 2014, there were eight women ministers, and in his second term, there were six. By the time the 17th Lok Sabha dissolved, there were 10 women ministers. And now, with his third term, he has continued to uphold this commitment by inducting even more women into his council of ministers.

As Modi, along with his 71 other council of ministers, took the oath on Sunday, a new coalition government was formed. And with the inclusion of these seven women, the government is taking a step towards greater diversity and representation. The future looks bright for these new ministers, and for the country as a whole.

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