Amit Shah, who led the BJP to a magnificent national election victory, will be Home Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new government, which establishes him as the new number two.
Rajnath Singh, who was Home Minister in the previous government of PM Modi, will be Defence Minister.
Nirmala Sitharaman will swap the Defence Ministry for Finance and Corporate Affairs, which makes her one of the leading firefighters of the government amid economic challenges. In a few hours, GDP numbers will give an indication of just how tough a job India’s first full-time woman finance minister has at hand.Read More…