Prime Minister Narendra Modi Assumes Office; To Meet SAARC Leaders Now

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached south block and assumed his office at 9 AM today. After reaching the PMO, he was greeted by his new secretary and waved towards the media signaling that he was all business and unable to talk.

Inside the office, he first paid his tributes to Mahatma Gandhi by offering flowers on the small photo placed in his office.

Delhi: PM Narendra Modi offers tribute to Mahatma Gandhi before taking charge pic.twitter.com/EvDSjFVJBA

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 27, 2014

 

He then took charge as he was handed a document by his secretary as soon as he sat on his chair. PM Modi’s demeanour was calm while he read this document and then signed on it.

Delhi: 15th Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi takes charge pic.twitter.com/FLBKQkZOXC

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 27, 2014

 

After meeting all the staff, PM Modi soon left for Hyderabad House where he is scheduled to meet all the SAARC leaders. It is for the first time that a new PM will meet such big and important leaders on the very first day of assuming office.

The PMO has prepared a blue print of what is going to be discussed with the leaders. Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif is placed on number seven in this meeting schedule.

The document that was signed by PM Modi is speculated to be the letter to the President Pranab Mukherjee declaring the portfolios of his cabinet ministers.

Till the latest news, the official word on the portfolios was out and the list remained the same as was speculated by the media during swearing in ceremony yesterday. Now all the ministers will assume their office shortly.

Press Communique from Rashtrapati Bhawan: President of India, as advised by PM,directed allocation of portfolios among the following members

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 27, 2014

 

Sushma Swaraj is now expected to join PM Modi in Hyderabad House for meeting the SAARC leaders.

The list of ministers and their portfolios (same as yesterday) is as under:

Rajnath Singh: Home

Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs

Arun Jaitley: Defence and Finanace

Venkaiyyah Naidu: Urban development, Parliamentary affairs

Ravishankar Prasad: Law and Telecom

Prakash Javdekar: I&B and Environment (MoSI)

Smriti Irani: HRD ministry

Sadanand Gowda: Rail Ministry

Nitin Gadkari: Transport and Shipping

Harshvardhan: Health Minstry

Uma Bharti: Water Resources and Ganga Cleaning Department

Maneka Gandhi: Women and Child

Ananth Kumar: Chemical and Fertiliser

Nazma Heptullah: Minority Affairs

Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture Ministry

Ashok Gajapathi Raji: Civil Aviation

Gopinath Munde: Rural Development

Thawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice

Ram Vilas Paswan: Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs

Kalraj Mishra: Medium and Small scale industries

Ananth Geete: Heavy industries and Public sector

Narendra Singh Tomar: Steel and Mines

Harsimarat Kaur Badal: Food Processing

Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs