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India PM Modi makes major cabinet changes for new term
NEW DELHI, May 31, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Friday named his trusted aide Amit Shah to the key home affairs ministry
as part of a major cabinet shakeup for his second term in office.
Nirmala Sitharaman moved from defence to become finance minister in a
second shock, while career diplomat S. Jaishankar became foreign minister.
Shah was the president of Modi’s rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party and had
never served as a minister. He was rewarded for the party’s second landslide
victory in the country’s national election.
BSS/AFP/RY/13:35 hrs