Cabinet expansion: 'New ministers will do their best under PM Narendra Modi'

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Tuesday congratulated the newly-inducted union ministers and hoped they would do their "best" under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Congratulations to all newly sworn-in ministers. I am sure under the leadership of PM Shri Narendra Modi they will do their best for India," tweeted Shah who was also present during the swearing-in ceremony of the ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday carried out a major reshuffle of his council of ministers by inducting 19 new faces, elevating Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar to the cabinet and dropping five junior ministers.