Mukul Rohatgi appointed Attorney General of India

The Narendra Modi government Thursday appointed senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi as the new Attorney General of India.

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government Thursday appointed senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi as the new Attorney General of India.

Rohatgi, who appeared for the Gujarat government in several 2002 post-Godhra riot-related cases, will serve as Attorney General of India for a period of three years, a statement said.

He succeeds GE Vahanvati who resigned following the rout of the Congress-led UPA in the 2014 general election.

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