First Vajpayee ministry

First Atal Bihari Vajpayee ministry

17th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed16 May 1996
Date dissolved1 June 1996
People and organisations
Head of stateShankar Dayal Sharma
Head of governmentAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Member partyBharatiya Janata Party
Status in legislatureMinority
187 / 543 (34%)
Opposition partyIndian National Congress
Opposition leaderP. V. Narasimha Rao (lok sabha)
History
Election1996
Legislature term16 days
PredecessorRao ministry
SuccessorDeve Gowda ministry

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for first time on 16 May 1996.

BJP was well short of majority and looking for allies, but Vajpayee resigned after just 16 days since he could not muster enough support. The ministry was kept small because its fate was uncertain when swearing-in took place.