Modi Sworn In as India’s Leader Amid Pressing Economic Slowdown
- Names Sitharaman finance minister, Goyal as commerce minister
- Appoints 57 ministers in his council; keeps atomic energy
Narendra Modi at Sadaiv Atal Samadhi ahead of his swearing-in ceremony on May 30.
Photographer: Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked leaders with experience for key portfolios as he began a second five-year term facing an economic slowdown and global headwinds.
Amit Shah, Modi’s right-hand man and president of his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, has become the new home minister, while former defense minister Nirmala Sitharaman is the new finance and corporate affairs minister. Piyush Goyal has been assigned ministries of railways and commerce.