Following the death of LJP leader and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Ramdas Athawale of Republican Party of India (RPI) is the lone member

New Delhi: Following the death of LJP leader and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Ramdas Athawale of Republican Party of India (RPI) is the lone member from the BJP allies in the NDA government at the Centre.

However, there is no representation from BJP allies in the Union Cabinet.

Ramdas AthawaleArvind Sawant (Shiv Sena), Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Shiromani Akali Dal) and Ram Vilas Paswan (Lok Janshakti Party) were from the BJP-led NDA alliance in the Union Cabinet when the Modi 2.0 government returned to power in 2019 following Lok Sabha elections.

While the Shiv Sena quit the NDA in late 2019, SAD left the alliance recently over farm bills.

Another key NDA ally, the JD (U) had kept itself out of the government.

Ram Vilas Paswan

Besides Prime Minister Modi, a total of 57 ministers -- 24 Cabinet, nine Ministers of State (with Independent charge) and 24 Ministers of State -- had taken oath as members of the Union Council of Ministers on May 30, 2019.

Following the resignations of Sawant and Badal and the death of Paswan, there are 21 Cabinet ministers.