Newly appointed Union home minister Amit Shah, immediately after assuming charge on Saturday indicated that Northeast, Jammu & Kashmir are his top priority areas.
Shah who took the charge as India’s new home minister had a review meeting with senior officials of the ministry.
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Home secretary Rajiv Gauba, director general of Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain, Registrar General of India (RGI) Sailash among others were present in the meeting.
Though it was said as a general meeting to get himself appraised about the functioning of the ministry, senior home ministry officials said that Shah has taken special note as far as Northeast and Jammu & Kashmir are concerned.
Shah’s first day meeting with senior home ministry officials is an indication that his ministry will deal the internal security situation seriously.
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This also assumes significance that Shah during the recently concluded Lok Sabha election said that his government would take all necessary steps to scrap Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir and passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Parliament.
On Saturday Shah was also felicitated by new ministers of State (Home), G Kishan Reddy and Nityanand Rai who also took charge of office today.
“Country’s security and people’s welfare are the Modi government’s priorities. Under the leadership of Modi, I will try my best to fulfill all these priorities,” Shah tweeted after assuming the charge.