Focus Shifts Back On Assignment of Ministries To Newly Sworn In Ministers
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for the second time at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the focus has shifted to the announcement of ministries assigned to the 57 members in the new government. BJP president Amit Shah is being speculated to take on a big ministry like finance. Others ministers who are expected to be given big roles are Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Smriti Irani. Twenty-five of the new ministers are of cabinet rank. According to reports, the first meeting of the new cabinet will be held at 5:30 pm on Friday. After the oath ceremony PM Modi held bilateral meetings with visiting foreign leaders. On Friday morning the Prime Minister had meetings with the leaders of five BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) countries. In a tweet PM Modi said, "Our talks covered the full spectrum of bilateral ties between our nations and ways to deepen economic and social cooperation in the times to come". After PM Modi tweeted his pictures, it is being speculated that Ajit Doval may remain the National Security Advisor. Among the surprises in the new cabinet was the exclusion of high profile ministers like Rajyavardhan Rathore, Suresh Prabhu, Maneka Gandhi, JP Nadda and Jayant Sinha.
