New Delhi: With 21 new faces inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi Cabinet on Sunday, the strength of his team is now 66. This is the first expansion since Modi swore in 45 ministers on 26 May.

Among the exalted, four bunks holding cabinet, three ministers of state with independent charge and 14 ministers of state are. Former Prime Minister Manohar Parrikar Goa, BJP leaders JP Nadda, Chaudhury Birender Singh and Suresh Prabhu of the Shiv Sena took oath as cabinet ministers. Prabhu was sworn under the BJP quota.

This induction also contradicts Modi's mantra of "more government and less government."

Bandaru Dattatreya, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Dr. Mahesh Sharma sworn in as Minister of State with independent charge.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Giriraj Kishore, Babul Supriyo, Jayant Sinha, YS Chowdhry, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Mohanbhai Kundaria, Ram Kripal Yadav, Sawar Lal Jat, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Vijay Sampla, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Ram Shankar Chaudhury Parthibhai Haribhai Katheriya and were oath as Minister of State. Shiv Sena leader Anil Desai not sworn in as Minister.

Sources said the Sena was not willing to accept the Minister of State for Desai range. The party did not attend the inauguration ceremony. Sources said the BJP was willing to give Anil Desai MoS range, but this was rejected by SENA. Party chief Uddhav Thackeray called Desai and asked him to return.

The inauguration ceremony was held at Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan and the oath of office and secrecy was administered by President Pranab Mukherjee.

The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and all cabinet ministers.