Seventh Varuna Sriraya ministry

Seventh Varuna Sriraya ministry
सातवां वरुण श्रीराय मंत्रीमंडल
Seventh Varuna Sriraya ministry; सातवां वरुण श्रीराय मंत्रीमंडल
; 14th Ministry of Friends Society
Date formed	12 October 2018
Date dissolved	6 January 2019
People and organisations
Head of state	Varuna Sriraya
Head of government	Varuna Sriraya
No. of ministers	14
Member parties	Friends Societal Congress (6); Friends Society Secular Party
Status in legislature	Supermajority
Opposition party	None
Opposition leader	None
History
Predecessor	Third Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry
Successor	Fourth Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry

The Seventh Varuna Sriraya ministry (Hindi: सातवां वरुण श्रीराय मंत्रीमंडल) was the 14th union council of ministers of Vishwamitra which was formed on 12 October 2018 by President Varuna Sriraya more than a month after his election. The ministry was the first executive ministry to be headed by the president and did not have a separate position for head of government. It was also the sole executive government to be formed in the national history until the formation of the Seventh Tanishkaa Patranabish ministry.

The ministry remained in office until 7 January 2019 when Tanishkaa Patranabish was sworn-in as the prime minister, after the poisiton was re-introduced as a part of the political pact between her and President Varuna Sriraya.

History

In the early hours of 14 May 2018, then Prime Minister Varuna Sriraya with the support of his deputy Tanishkaa Patranabish carried out a constitutional coup and deposed President Anoushkaa Patranabish and suspended the constitution, parliament and judiciary and assumed full authority over the national government and declared himself as "Supreme Leader" and appointed Tanishkaa Patranabish to be the President of the Council of Ministers. Despite deposing president Anoushkaa, he appointed her as the Deputy Supreme Leader and his heir.

Months in the rule, the suspension of the parliament, constitution and judiciary were removed and on 11 September 2018, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Sarala Baishya declared the government "authoritarian" and "illegitimate" and asked the Supreme Leader to be elected democratically to remain in office. At 4:45 PM local time, the Supreme Leader resigned from office and sought for election after the Supreme Court announced that the position of the executive president has been created on ad-interim basis or until the parliament decides otherwise. Deputy Supreme Leader Anoushkaa Patranabish was sworn-in as the acting head of state and she remained in office for merely 15 minutes only to allow her predecessor to be formally elected by the puppet legislature. Varuna Sriraya was declared elect as the first executive president by the parliament and Tanishkaa Patranabish was elected as the President of the National Assembly. President Sriraya appointed Anoushkaa Patranabish as his vice president.

After being elected and sworn-in as the President, Varuna Sriraya did not appoint his own council of ministries until 12 October 2018 and for the first month into his administration, the ministers and appointees from the previous government remained in office. Finally, on 12 October 2018, the president appointed his own team of ministers and also appointed himself as the Minister of Finance.

Composition

On 12 October 2018, President Varuna Sriraya appointed his council of ministers which mainly composed of most ministers from the previous government of Tanishkaa Patranabish. The ministry composed of President Varuna Sriraya as the executive head of state, Vice President Anoushkaa Patranabish as the chairperson of the council of ministers, 7 ministers with cabinet rank, 4 ministers with state rank and independent charge, and 1 minister with state rank.

The President himself assumed the charge of the portfolios of Finance and Culture, while his deputy, the Vice President was appointed as the Minister of Home Affairs. Out of the 14 ministers, 10, including the president, belonged to the Friends Societal Congress, while the rest 4 belonged to the Friends Society Secular Party.

Cabinet Ministers


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
President Minister of Finance Minister of Culture And also in-charge of all other important policy issues and portfolios not allocated to any minister.	Varuna Sriraya	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC
Vice President Chairperson of the Council of Ministers Minister of Home Affairs	Anoushkaa Patranabish	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSSP
Minister of Defence Minister of Cabinet Affairs	Bishnu Chetry	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC
Minister of External Affairs	Abhiraj Kar	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC
Minister of Internal Security	Arnab Sil	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Human Resource Development	Asmi Patranabis	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSSP
Minister of Art and Literature Minister of Information and Broadcasting Assistant Minister of Finance	Anirban Phatowali	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC
Minister of Law and Justice	Manoj Chetry	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs	Saikat Seal	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Minority Affairs Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Planning Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance	Mridul Amin	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Regional and State Affairs Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Assistant Minister in the President’s Office	Bishakha Das	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment and Nature Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sanitation and Hygiene	Sampriti Paul	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSSP
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Statistics and Programme Implementation Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence	Jemina Hazarika	12 October 2018	6 January 2019	FSC

Minister of State


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs	Abhirup Patranabis	12 October 2018	6 January 2019		FSSP