Modi government is the first government after Independence to have six women Cabinet Ministers with two of them as members of the Cabinet Committee on Security said Sushma Swaraj.

During Mahila Sammelan event in Varanasi on Wednesday, Sushma tweeted, "I told the audience that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is the first government after Independence to have six women Cabinet Ministers with two of them as members of the Cabinet Committee on Security."

Jawahar Lal Nehru's first cabinet (1952-57) had only one woman Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur as a Cabinet Minister. His second government (1957-62) had no woman Cabinet Minister. His third Government (1962-64) had one woman Dr Sushila Nayyar as a Cabinet Minister."

Sushma swaraj quoted saying that during Indira Gandhi's tenure as the Prime Minister from 1967-71, 1971-1977 and again during 1980-84, not a single woman was appointed as a Cabinet Minister.

She also said Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet had only one woman Mohsina Kidwai as a Cabinet Minister.