The iron fist: BJP's Shah becomes India's home affairs minister

He made his name as a ruthless backroom politician and master strategist who won election victories for his boss, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Now, 54-year-old Amit Shah will have to demonstrate he has the temperament to run India's most sensitive cabinet portfolio, home affairs. "A brilliant strategist and an excellent administrator, his appointment as HM is bad news for forces inimical to the interests of India," tweeted the new minister for oil and steel, Dharmendra Pradhan.

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