Winner of the East Delhi Lok Sabha seat, Harsh Malhotra, is all set to be a part of the Cabinet in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term.

During the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister for the third time held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan complex, among those taking the oath for cabinet positions was BJP MP Harsh Malhotra from East Delhi. He took oath as Union Minister of State and it marks his first term as an MP.

Malhotra, 60, had a close contest with AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar, 34, in the East Delhi constituency, however the former came out victorious with a margin of 93,000 votes.

He was chosen from the BJP stronghold in the capital replacing Indian cricketer, Gautam Gambhir, after the latter left politics to give time to the sport. Malhotra received 6,64,819 votes against Kumar’s 5,71,156 votes.