New Delhi: Two days after taking oath as a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government, BJP President Amit Shah took charge as Union Home Minister here on Saturday.
54-year-old Shah took over the Union Home Ministry from Rajnath Singh, who has been given charge of the Ministry of Defence in the new government.
Minister was greeted by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Director, Intelligence Bureau Shri Rajiv Jain at the North Block.
Shah was also felicitated by new Ministers of State (Home), G. Kishan Reddy and Nityanand Rai who also took charge of office this morning.
“Took over as the Home Minister of India today. I express my gratitude to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for believing in me. The security of the country and the welfare of the countrymen is the top priority of the Modi government, I will make every effort to fulfil it,” Shah tweeted.
आज भारत के गृह मंत्री के रूप में पदभार संभाला।
मुझ पर विश्वास प्रकट करने के लिए प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi जी का आभार व्यक्त करता हूँ।
देश की सुरक्षा और देशवासियों का कल्याण मोदी सरकार की सर्वोच्च प्राथमिकता है, मोदी जी के नेतृत्व मैं इसको पूर्ण करने का हर सम्भव प्रयास करूँगा। pic.twitter.com/4rKZW7sb6Z
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 1, 2019
The BJP veteran was recently elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar Parliamentary constituency. He has been a Rajya Sabha member, Minister in Gujarat Government and MLA in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Among others, cross-border infiltrations, continuous unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, routine Maoist attacks various states etc. are key challenges before Home Minister Shah.
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