आज भारत के गृह मंत्री के रूप में पदभार संभाला। मुझ पर विश्वास प्रकट करने के लिए प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi जी का आ… https://t.co/SEc9vigbyQ — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) 1559374684000

The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Satya Pal Malik called on the Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah. https://t.co/b5VUJVh8Ve — गृहमंत्री कार्यालय, HMO India (@HMOIndia) 1559396810000

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah took charge on Saturday and hit the ground running by holding meetings through the day, including an introductory session with senior officials of the ministry and courtesy calls by state governors and a chief minister.Shah, during his maiden interaction with senior bureaucrats that included intelligence chiefs, is said to have familiarised himself with the matters handled by various divisions of the home ministry. He has further asked the concerned additional secretaries/joint secretaries to make individual presentations on their respective divisions from Monday onwards.Before assuming charge as home minister, Shah drove to his predecessor Rajnath Singh 's residence. A little after 12 noon, he entered North Block with many staffers spilling out to the corridors to get a first glimpse of their new boss. Shah greeted them with folded hands.After taking charge, Shah, in a tweet, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reposing faith in him. "National security and welfare of the people is the top priority of Modi government and I, under the leadership of Modi, will try my best to fulfil it," he tweeted in Hindi.Among the first visitors to Shah's North Block officer was Kerala governor P Sathasivam. Other governors who paid courtesy calls to Shah included Maharashtra governor C Vidyasagar Rao and Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi. He was also visited by Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.Shah also met Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik . Malik is said to have briefed the new home minister on the situation in the state, apart from arrangements for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra .Assembly election are likely to be held in Jammu and Kashmir only in October-November. This would require an extension of President's rule currently in force in the state."I have discussed security matters and development issues with the home minister," Malik told reporters after the meeting.Meanwhile, the two ministers of state in home ministry - Nityanand Rai and G Kishan Reddy - too assumed charge on Saturday. They met Shah and are likely to be allocated the respective divisions that they will be handling as junior ministers.