New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader S Jaishankar took oath as Union Cabinet Minister at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday.

The BJP leader served as External Affairs Minister during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term (2019-2024).

He has been a BJP MP in Rajya Sabha from Gujarat since 2019.

Prior to being the EAM in 2019, Jaishankar also served as India's Foreign Secretary from 2015 to 2018. Notably, he also became the first Foreign Secretary to assume the role of External Affairs Minister. ANI