13th Lok Sabha

13th lower house of the Parliament of India

13th Lok Sabha

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Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India

Overview
Legislative body| Indian Parliament
Election| 1999 Indian general election

The 13th Lok Sabha (20 October 1999 – 6 February 2004) is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha (House of the People, or lower house in the Parliament of India). It was convened after 1999 Indian general election held during September–October 1999.[1]

This article is part of a series on the

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Government

* President of India

* Droupadi Murmu (15th)

* * *

* Vice President of India

* vacant (15th)

* * *

* Prime Minister of India

* Narendra Modi (14th)

* * *

* Cabinet secretary

* T. V. Somanathan

* * *

* Ministries
* Ministers
* Departments
* Secretaries

Parliament

Lok Sabha (18th)

* Speaker

* Om Birla

* * *

* Deputy Speaker

* Vacant

* * *

* Leader of the House

* Narendra Modi (BJP)

* * *

* Leader of the Opposition

* Rahul Gandhi (INC)

* * *

* Secretary General

* Utpal Kumar Singh

Rajya Sabha (Members)

* Chairman

* vacant

* * *

* Deputy Speaker

* Harivansh Narayan Singh

* * *

* Leader of the House

* Jagat Prakash Nadda (BJP)

* * *

* Leader of the Opposition

* Mallikarjun Kharge (INC)

* * *

* Secretary General

* Pramod Chandra Mody

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

* Cabinet Minister

* Kiren Rijiju

* * *

* Minister of State

* Arjun Ram Meghwal
* L. Murugan

Law and judiciary

Law of India

* Indian criminal law

* Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
* Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
* Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam

* * *

* Code of Civil Procedure

Supreme Court of India

* Chief Justice (51st)

* Sanjiv Khanna

* * *

* Judges
* Bar Association

* * *

* Bar Council
* District Court
* List
* Gram Nyayalaya
* High Court
* Chief Justices
* Judges
* Lok Adalat
* Nyaya Panchayat
* Pendency of court cases
* Other tribunals

Ministry of Law and Justice

* Minister

* Arjun Ram Meghwal

* * *

* Attorney-General

* R. Venkataramani

* * *

* Solicitor General

* Tushar Mehta

* * *

* Additional Solicitor General

* * *

* Law Commission
* National Judicial Appointments Commission
* National Legal Services Authority

Elections and politics

Election Commission

* Chief Election Commissioner

* Gyanesh Kumar

* * *

* Election Commissioner

* Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
* Vivek Joshi

* * *

* State Election Commission

Elections

* Democracy
* Electoral College
* Electronic voting

* * *

* Presidential elections

* 2022
* 2017
* 2012

* * *

* Vice Presidential elections

* 2022
* 2017
* 2012

* * *

* Lok Sabha elections (Constituencies)

* 2014
* 2019
* 2024

* * *

* Rajya Sabha elections

* 2024
* 2023
* 2022

* * *

* State Assembly elections

* 2019
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* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
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* * *

* National coalitions
* NDA
* INDIA
* Political parties
* National parties
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Administrative divisions

States and union territories (Capitals)

* States

* Andhra Pradesh
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Bihar
* Chhattisgarh
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kerala
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Nagaland
* Odisha
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Sikkim
* Tamil Nadu
* Telangana
* Tripura
* Uttar Pradesh
* Uttarakhand
* West Bengal

* * *

* Union territories

* Andaman and Nicobar
* Chandigarh
* Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
* Delhi
* Jammu and Kashmir
* Ladakh
* Lakshadweep
* Puducherry

* * *

* Proposed states and union territories

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* Autonomous Divisions
* Divisions
* Districts
* Sub-districts
* Community Development Block
* Metropolitan Areas
* Urban Agglomerations

Federalism

Executive

* Governor
* List
* Lieutenant Governor/Administrator
* List
* Chief Minister
* List
* Deputy Chief Minister
* List
* Ministries

Legislative

* Legislative Council
* Legislative Assembly
* Speaker
* List
* Official Opposition
* List

Local Government

* Municipal Governance

* Municipal Corporation
* Municipality
* Town Panchayat

* * *

* Panchayati Raj

* District Panchayat
* Block Panchayat
* Gram Panchayat

Foreign relations

Ministry of External Affairs

* Cabinet Minister

* S. Jaishankar

* * *

* Minister of State

* Kirti Vardhan Singh
* Pabitra Margherita

* * *

* Foreign Secretary

* Vinay Mohan Kwatra

* * *

* Diplomatic missions of / in India
* Ambassadors and High Commissioners of India / to India

* * *

* Nationality law
* Overseas Citizenship
* Passports
* Visa policy
* Visa requirements

Foreign Relations

* 2+2
* BIMSTEC
* BBIN
* BRICS
* Commonwealth
* G4
* G20
* IBSA
* IONS
* IORA
* MGC
* Non-Aligned Movement
* SAARC
* SCO
* United Nations
* QUAD

* * *

* Africa
* East Asia
* European Union
* Latin America
* Pacific Islands

* * *

* Diaspora
* History
* Extradition Treaties
* Foreign aid by India / to India
* Sanctions
* State Visits by Indian Prime Ministers
* State Visits to India

* * *

* Kashmir Conflict
* Indo-Pakistani Wars
* Sino-Indian Disputes
* Disputes with Nepal

Foreign Policy

* ITEC
* Look East policy
* Pan-African e-Network project
* Indira Gandhi
* Narendra Modi

India portal

* Other countries

* v
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This majority group in the Lok Sabha during this period was the National Democratic Alliance, a nationalist group led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 270 seats, 16 more than 12th Lok Sabha. The NDA, under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee completed its term until the next general elections of May 2004 for the next 14th Lok Sabha. This was the first non-INC government to complete the full term.

Four sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 13th Lok Sabha after the 1999 Indian general election.[2]

## Important members

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* Speaker:
* G. M. C. Balayogi from 22 October 1999 to 3 March 2002
* Manohar Joshi from 10 May 2002 to 2 June 2004
* Deputy Speaker:
* P M Sayeed from 27 October 1999 to 2 June 2004
* Secretary General:
* G C Malhotra from 14 July 1999 to 28 July 2005[3]
* Leader of the House
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee (13 October 1999 to 6 February 2004)
* Leader of the Opposition
* Sonia Gandhi(13 October 1999 to 6 February 2004)
* Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
* Pramod Mahajan (13 October 1999 to 29 January 2003)
* Sushma Swaraj (29 January 2003 to 22 May 2004)[4]

## List of members by political party

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See also: List of members of the 13th Lok Sabha

S.No.  | Party Name  | Party flag  | Number of MPs  | Leader of Lok Sabha

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1  | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  |  | 186  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2  | Indian National Congress (INC)  |  | 112  | Sonia Gandhi
3  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))  |  | 33  | Somnath Chatterjee
4  | Telugu Desam Party (TDP)  |  | 29  | Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu
5  | Samajwadi Party (SP)  |  | 26
6  | Janata Dal (United) (JD(U))  |  | 21
7  | Shiv Sena (SS)  |  | 15
8  | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)  |  | 14
9  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)  |  | 12
10  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)  |  | 10
11  | Biju Janata Dal (BJD)  |  | 10
12  | All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)  |  | 8
13  | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)  |  | 8
14  | Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)  |  | 8
15  | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)  |  | 7
16  | Independent (Ind.)  |  | 6
17  | Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)  |  | 5
18  | Communist Party of India (CPI)  |  | 4
19  | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC)  |  | 4
20  | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)  |  | 4
21  | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)  |  | 3
22  | Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress (ABLTC)  |  | 2
23  | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)  |  | 2
24  | Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)  |  | 2
25  | Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)  |  | 2
26  | Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)  |  | 2
27  | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)  |  | 1
28  | Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha (BBM)  |  | 1
29  | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (CPI(ML)L)  |  | 1
30  | Himachal Vikas Congress (HVC)  |  | 1
31  | Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S))  |  | 1
32  | Kerala Congress (M) (KC(M))  | Kerala Congress(m) Flag | 1
33  | MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MADMK)  |  | 1
34  | Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP)  |  | 1
35  | Peasants and Workers Party of India (PAWPI)  |  | 1
36  | Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) (SAD(M))  |  | 1
37  | Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)  |  | 1
38  | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) (SJP(R))  |  | 1

## Key

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Female: 49 (9.02%)  | Male: 494 (90.98%)

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SC: Seat reserved for Scheduled Castes
ST: Seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes

## Cabinet Ministers

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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party  | Remarks

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Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
Ministry of Planning
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 13 October 1999| 22 May 2004|  | BJP| All other important portfolios and policy issues not allocated
to any Minister.
Deputy Prime Minister|

L. K. Advani

| 29 June 2002| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Home Affairs|

L. K. Advani

| 13 October 1999| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 13 October 1999| 29 January 2003|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

L. K. Advani

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of External Affairs|

Jaswant Singh

| 13 October 1999| 1 July 2002|  | BJP|

Yashwant Sinha

| 1 July 2002| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Finance|

Yashwant Sinha

| 13 October 1999| 1 July 2002|  | BJP| Renamed as Finance and Company Affairs.
Minister of Finance and Company Affairs|

Jaswant Singh

| 1 July 2002| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Defence|

George Fernandes

| 13 October 1999| 16 March 2001|  | SAP|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 16 March 2001| 18 March 2001|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Jaswant Singh

| 18 March 2001| 15 October 2001|  | BJP| Additional charge.

George Fernandes

| 15 October 2001| 22 May 2004|  | JD(U)|
Minister of Human Resource Development
Minister of Science and Technology|

Murli Manohar Joshi

| 13 October 1999| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Ocean Development|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 13 October 1999| 22 November 1999|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Murli Manohar Joshi

| 22 November 1999| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 13 October 1999| 1 September 2001|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Jagmohan

| 1 September 2001| 18 November 2001|  | BJP|

Vikram Verma

| 18 November 2001| 1 July 2002|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 1 July 2002| 22 May 2004|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.
Minister of Agriculture|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 13 October 1999| 22 November 1999|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Nitish Kumar

| 22 November 1999| 3 March 2001|  | SAP|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 3 March 2001| 6 March 2001|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Sundar Lal Patwa

| 6 March 2001| 27 May 2001|  | BJP|

Nitish Kumar

| 27 May 2001| 22 July 2001|  | SAP|

Ajit Singh

| 22 July 2001| 24 May 2003|  | RLD|

Rajnath Singh

| 24 May 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Labour|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 13 October 1999| 22 November 1999|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Satyanarayan Jatiya

| 22 November 1999| 1 September 2001|  | BJP|

Sharad Yadav

| 1 September 2001| 1 July 2002|  | SAP|

Sahib Singh Verma

| 1 July 2002| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Water Resources|

Pramod Mahajan

| 13 October 1999| 22 November 1999|  | BJP|

C. P. Thakur

| 22 November 1999| 27 May 2000|  | BJP|

Arjun Charan Sethi

| 27 May 2000| 22 May 2004|  | BJD|
Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution|

Shanta Kumar

| 13 October 1999| 17 July 2000|  | BJP| Renamed as Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution|

Shanta Kumar

| 17 July 2000| 1 July 2002|  | BJP|

Sharad Yadav

| 1 July 2002| 22 May 2004|  | JD(U)|
Minister of Food Processing Industries|

Chaman Lal Gupta

| 1 September 2001| 1 July 2002|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

N. T. Shanmugam

| 1 July 2002| 15 January 2004|  | PMK| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 15 January 2004| 17 January 2004|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Rajnath Singh

| 17 January 2004| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Health and Family Welfare|

N. T. Shanmugam

| 13 October 1999| 27 May 2000|  | PMK| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

C. P. Thakur

| 27 May 2000| 1 July 2002|  | BJP|

Shatrughan Sinha

| 1 July 2002| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Sushma Swaraj

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Railways|

Mamata Banerjee

| 13 October 1999| 16 March 2001|  | AITC|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 16 March 2001| 20 March 2001|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Nitish Kumar

| 20 March 2001| 22 May 2004|  | JD(U)|
Minister of Civil Aviation|

Sharad Yadav

| 13 October 1999| 1 September 2001|  | SAP|

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

| 1 September 2001| 24 May 2003|  | BJP|

Rajiv Pratap Rudy

| 24 May 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Surface Transport|

Nitish Kumar

| 13 October 1999| 22 November 1999|  | SAP|

Rajnath Singh

| 22 November 1999| 25 October 2000|  | BJP|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 25 October 2000| 7 November 2000|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.
Bifurcated into Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and
Ministry of Shipping.
Minister of Road Transport and Highways|

B. C. Khanduri

| 7 November 2000| 24 May 2003|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

B. C. Khanduri

| 24 May 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Shipping|

Arun Jaitley

| 7 November 2000| 1 September 2001|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Ved Prakash Goyal

| 1 September 2001| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Shatrughan Sinha

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Rural Development|

Sundar Lal Patwa

| 13 October 1999| 30 September 2000|  | BJP|

M. Venkaiah Naidu

| 30 September 2000| 1 July 2002|  | BJP|

Shanta Kumar

| 1 July 2002| 6 April 2003|  | BJP|

Ananth Kumar

| 6 April 2003| 24 May 2003|  | BJP|

Kashiram Rana

| 24 May 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Urban Development|

Jagmohan

| 13 October 1999| 22 November 1999|  | BJP|

Jagmohan

| 26 November 1999| 27 May 2000|  | BJP| Merged with Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty
Alleviation to form the Ministry of Urban Development
and Poverty Alleviation.
Minister of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation|

Satyanarayan Jatiya

| 13 October 1999| 22 November 1999|  | BJP|

Jagmohan

| 22 November 1999| 26 November 1999|  | BJP|

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

| 26 November 1999| 27 May 2000|  | BJP| Merged with Ministry of Urban Development to form the
Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.
Minister of Works and Estates|

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

| 22 November 1999| 26 November 1999|  | SAD| Merged with Ministry of Urban Development.
Minister of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation|

Jagmohan

| 27 May 2000| 1 September 2001|  | BJP|

Ananth Kumar

| 1 September 2001| 12 July 2003|  | BJP|

B. C. Khanduri

| 12 July 2003| 8 September 2000|  | BJP|

Bandaru Dattatreya

| 8 September 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Commerce and Industry|

Murasoli Maran

| 13 October 1999| 9 November 2002|  | DMK|

Arun Shourie

| 9 July 2002| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Arun Jaitley

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises|

Manohar Joshi

| 13 October 1999| 9 May 2002|  | SS|

Suresh Prabhu

| 9 May 2002| 1 July 2002|  | SS|

Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

| 1 July 2002| 24 May 2003|  | SS|

Subodh Mohite

| 24 May 2003| 22 May 2004|  | SS|
Minister of Small Scale Industries, Agro and Rural Industries|

Vasundhara Raje

| 13 October 1999| 1 September 2001|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Bifurcated into Ministry of Small Scale Industries and
Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries.
Minister of Small Scale Industries|

Vasundhara Raje

| 1 September 2001| 29 January 2003|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

C. P. Thakur

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Agro and Rural Industries|

Kariya Munda

| 1 September 2001| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Sangh Priya Gautam

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Textiles|

Kashiram Rana

| 13 October 1999| 24 May 2003|  | BJP|

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

| 24 May 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas|

Ram Naik

| 13 October 1999| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers|

Suresh Prabhu

| 13 October 1999| 30 September 2000|  | SS|

Sundar Lal Patwa

| 30 September 2000| 7 November 2000|  | BJP|

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

| 7 November 2000| 22 May 2004|  | SAD|
Minister of Mines and Minerals|

Naveen Patnaik

| 13 October 1999| 4 March 2000|  | BJD| Resigned after elected as Orissa CM

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 4 March 2000| 6 March 2000|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

P. R. Kumaramangalam

| 6 March 2000| 27 May 2000|  | BJP| Bifurcated into Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Coal.
Minister of Mines|

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

| 27 May 2000| 7 November 2000|  | SAD|

Sundar Lal Patwa

| 7 November 2000| 1 September 2001|  | BJP|

Ram Vilas Paswan

| 1 September 2001| 29 April 2002|  | LJP|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 29 April 2002| 1 July 2002|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

L. K. Advani

| 1 July 2002| 26 August 2002|  | BJP|

Uma Bharti

| 26 August 2002| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Ramesh Bais

| 29 January 2003| 9 January 2004|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Mamata Banerjee

| 9 January 2004| 22 May 2004|  | AITC|
Minister of Coal|

N. T. Shanmugam

| 27 May 2000| 7 February 2001|  | PMK| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

| 8 February 2001| 1 September 2001|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Ram Vilas Paswan

| 1 September 2001| 29 April 2002|  | LJP|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 29 April 2002| 1 July 2002|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

L. K. Advani

| 1 July 2002| 26 August 2002|  | BJP|

Uma Bharti

| 26 August 2002| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Kariya Munda

| 29 January 2003| 9 January 2004|  | BJP|

Mamata Banerjee

| 9 January 2004| 22 May 2004|  | AITC|
Minister of Power|

P. R. Kumaramangalam

| 13 October 1999| 23 August 2000|  | BJP| Died in office.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 23 August 2000| 30 September 2000|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Suresh Prabhu

| 30 September 2000| 24 August 2002|  | SS|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 24 August 2002| 26 August 2002|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Anant Geete

| 26 August 2002| 22 May 2004|  | SS|
Minister of Non-Conventional Energy Sources|

M. Kannappan

| 13 October 1999| 30 December 2003|  | DMK| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 30 December 2003| 9 January 2004|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Kariya Munda

| 9 January 2004| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs|

Pramod Mahajan

| 13 October 1999| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Sushma Swaraj

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs|

Ram Jethmalani

| 13 October 1999| 23 July 2000|  | BJP|

Arun Jaitley

| 24 July 2000| 1 July 2002|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Bifurcated into Ministry of Law and Justice and Department of
Company Affairs.
Minister of Law and Justice|

K. Jana Krishamurthy

| 1 July 2002| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Arun Jaitley

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Information and Broadcasting|

Arun Jaitley

| 13 October 1999| 30 September 2000|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Sushma Swaraj

| 30 September 2000| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Ravi Shankar Prasad

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Communications|

Ram Vilas Paswan

| 13 October 1999| 1 September 2001|  | LJP|

Pramod Mahajan

| 22 November 1999| 22 December 2001|  | BJP| Merged with Ministry of Information Technology to form
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Minister of Information Technology|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 13 October 1999| 22 November 1999|  | BJP| Prime Minister was responsible.

Pramod Mahajan

| 22 November 1999| 22 December 2001|  | BJP| Merged with Ministry of Communications to form Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology|

Pramod Mahajan

| 22 December 2001| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

Arun Shourie

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports|

Ananth Kumar

| 13 October 1999| 2 February 2000|  | BJP| Bifurcated into Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and
Ministry of Culture.
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports|

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

| 2 February 2000| 7 November 2000|  | SAD|

Uma Bharti

| 7 November 2000| 26 August 2002|  | BJP|

Vikram Verma

| 26 August 2002| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Department of Culture|

Ananth Kumar

| 2 February 2000| 27 May 2000|  | BJP| Merged with Ministry of Tourism to form Ministry of
Tourism and Culture.
Minister of Tourism|

Uma Bharti

| 13 October 1999| 2 February 2000|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Ananth Kumar

| 2 February 2000| 27 May 2000|  | BJP| Merged with Department of Culture to form Ministry of
Tourism and Culture.
Minister of Tourism and Culture|

Ananth Kumar

| 27 May 2000| 1 September 2001|  | BJP| Bifurcated into Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture.
Minister of Culture|

Maneka Gandhi

| 1 September 2001| 18 November 2001|  | IND| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Merged with Ministry of Tourism to form Ministry of
Tourism and Culture.
Minister of Tourism|

Jagmohan

| 1 September 2001| 18 November 2001|  | BJP| Merged with Ministry of Culture to form Ministry of
Tourism and Culture.
Minister of Tourism and Culture|

Jagmohan

| 18 November 2001| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Environment and Forests|

T. R. Baalu

| 13 October 1999| 21 December 2003|  | DMK|

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| 21 December 2003| 9 January 2004|  | BJP|

Ramesh Bais

| 9 January 2004| 22 May 2004|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment|

Maneka Gandhi

| 13 October 1999| 1 September 2001|  | IND| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Satyanarayan Jatiya

| 1 September 2001| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Tribal Affairs|

Jual Oram

| 13 October 1999| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister of Disinvestment|

Arun Jaitley

| 10 December 1999| 24 July 2000|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Arun Shourie

| 24 July 2000| 1 September 2001|  | BJP| Minister of State (I/C) was responsible.

Arun Shourie

| 1 September 2001| 22 May 2004|  | BJP
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region|

Arun Shourie

| 1 September 2001| 29 January 2003|  | BJP|

C. P. Thakur

| 29 January 2003| 22 May 2004|  | BJP|
Minister without portfolio|

Murasoli Maran

| 9 November 2002| 23 November 2003|  | DMK| Died in office.

Mamata Banerjee

| 8 September 2003| 9 January 2004|  | AITC|

## References

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1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the 13th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
2. ^ "RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)" (PDF). Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
3. ^ "Thirteenth Sabha". Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.
4. ^ "Lok Sabha". Legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

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