Confident Of Managing Portfolio And Prepare For Polls: Nirmala Sitharaman

Immediately after being sworn in as a Cabinet Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman said that she was confident of managing her portfolio as well as electoral responsibilities for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. On her work as Minister of Commerce and Industry, she said that the whole team was responsible for the ministry's achievements. She said that a lot has been done under the Modi government on the economic front, and the government had played a pivotal role in getting rid of the sense of hopelessness and lethargy that prevailed when it came to power in 2014. Ms Sitharaman is now the second woman to become Defence Minister after Indira Gandhi.