Swearing-in ceremony

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, prepares to sit at an election rally in Una, Himachal Pradesh, India, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

India's former external affairs minister, S.M.Krishna, left, gestures to his successor Salman Khurshid, right to occupy the chair as Khurshid takes charge in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

India's former external affairs minister, S.M.Krishna, center, greets his successor Salman Khurshid, left as Khurshid takes charge in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

India's former law minister Salman Khurshid, left, who was named as external affairs minister, shares a light moment with newly appointed power minister Jyotiraditya Scindia during the swearing in ceremony for the new ministers in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

Ashwini Kumar, left, a junior minister, who was elevated to the Cabinet with the law and justice portfolio greets Pallam Raju, who moved from Defense to Human Resources Development ministry at the swearing in ceremony for the new ministers in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi greets a person, unseen, as he attends the swearing in ceremony for the new ministers in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

Ashwini Kumar, right, a junior minister, who was elevated to the Cabinet with the law and justice portfolio greets Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, during the swearing in ceremony for the new ministers in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct.28, 2012. (AP Photo)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, talks to Congress party president Sonia Gandhi as they sit with Defense Minister A.K. Antony, third left, and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, fourth left, during the swearing in ceremony for the new ministers in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, in blue turban poses with newly sworn in ministers after the swearing in ceremony in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)