Jaishankar is new India Foreign Secy |
India`s new Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar assumed charge on January 29 replacing Sujatha Singh whose tenure was abruptly curtailed. Government`s priorities are my priorities, said Jaishankar, a 1977-batch IFS officer, describing his new position as an honor and a big responsibility. Sujatha Singh was not present when Jaishankar took charge at the South Block office. Jaishankar was frontrunner to become foreign secretary in 2013, and was a personal choice of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. However, Manmohan could not have his way as Sonia Gandhi had the last word with Sujatha Singh`s appointment. Sujatha Singh`s father was former IB chief T V Rajeshwar, an old Congress party loyalist.
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