Thursday, May 30th, 2019
Modi 2.0: PM to meet ministers-designate before Thursday evening swearing-in
Ministers picked for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new council will meet him at his residence at 4.30 pm on Thursday, shortly before the swearing-in ceremony, sources said. Modi, fresh from a landslide election win, will take the oath with his new team at 7 pm. Final consultations Earlier in the morning, Modi held a last round of talks with BJP president Amit Shah to finalise the council of ministers before sending the list to Rashtrapati Bhavan. The two had held several rounds of discussions over the previous two days. Shah’sRead More
Why Modi invited BIMSTEC leaders to his swearing-in ceremony
India invited the leaders of the BIMSTEC countries, members of a Bay of Bengal grouping focused on multi-sectoral technical and economic cooperation, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. The invitation reflects India’s renewed attention to the Bay of Bengal region and its growing footprint there. What BIMSTEC is The grouping brings together Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Founded in 1997, it was largely dormant until the Modi government gave it fresh momentum after cross-border terrorism from Pakistan stalled SAARC, the regional grouping ofRead More
Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant to be sworn in as Union minister in Modi 2.0
Arvind Sawant, the Shiv Sena MP from Mumbai South, will take the oath as a Union minister on Thursday, a senior party leader said on Wednesday. Sena leader Sanjay Raut said party chief Uddhav Thackeray had put forward Sawant’s name, and that it had been decided that each ally would get one minister. Replacing Anant Geete Sawant takes the place of Anant Geete, the only Shiv Sena minister in the previous Modi government, who was defeated from the Raigad Lok Sabha seat in last month’s election. Who is Arvind SawantRead More
Modi 2.0 may merge several ministries in push for leaner government
The second Narendra Modi government is expected to bring in a range of changes in line with its slogan of minimum government and maximum governance, including a major restructuring of ministries, according to sources quoted in a report published as the new government was being formed. What is being considered Under the plan, several ministries would be combined. Each merged ministry would be headed by a Cabinet-rank minister, with three to four ministers of state under him to handle its work. Sources said there had been serious discussion on theRead More