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Close Modi aide chosen India’s ruling party chief

By Washington Examiner
Published July 9, 2014 9:19am ET
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Close Modi aide chosen India’s ruling party chief
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right, greets newly appointed Bharatiya Janata party or BJP president Amit Shah, second left, as outgoing party president Rajnath Singh, left, and BJP senior leader L.K.Advani look on, at party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Shah, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been appointed chief of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Shah replaces Rajnath Singh who was recently sworn in as home minister in Modi’s cabinet. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup) | Manish Swarup

NEW DELHI (AP) — A close aide of India’s prime minister who is widely credited with his party’s spectacular electoral win was appointed Wednesday chief of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Amit Shah was unanimously chosen as the BJP’s new president at a meeting of party leaders in New Delhi. He replaces Rajnath Singh, who recently was sworn in as home minister in Narendra Modi’s Cabinet.

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