Morarji Desai Ministry

Morarji Desai Ministry

Morarji Desai was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 24 March 1977. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry with portfolios.

Cabinet ministers

Rabi Ray was inducted in January 1979 to fill in the vacancy caused by Raj Narain's exit.

Ministers of state


Controversies

The janata party won all the 54 Lok Sabha seats during 1977 elections in unified Bihar.However, Desai's not inducting the Janata stalwarts Karpoori Thakur and Satyendra Narain Singh in the central cabinet ensured fragmentation of the party in the state which ultimately contributed to disintegration of the coalition.


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