The prime
minister Narendra Modi carried out one of the largest cabinet changes today
evening. Twelve of the incumbent ministers were asked to resign from their
respective posts and 43 new ministers were sworn in. Most of the omitted ministers
are senior politicians with vast political and administrative experience. Whereas
many of the newly inducted ministers are young and relatively less experienced.
The media has
been running live debates and discussions since evening to analyze the import
of the latest cabinet reshuffle. A number of political experts, senior journalists
and observers have been intensely discussing the inductions and omissions. The participants
in debate include many of the so-called liberal intellectuals who have been
critical of the Modi government performance on various parameters.
The most
unfortunate part is that discussion totally exposes the bankruptcy of
participating experts. Most of the participants are refusing to believe that
India is a secular democracy that has afforded a fundamental right of equality
to all her citizens. The experts are disgustingly analyzing the council of
ministers through the prism of caste, community, gender, and region. None of
the participant has bothered to run a google search on the newly inducted
minsters to find out their ideas and vision of new India; their commitment to
the constitutional values; their past track record of supporting innovation and
enterprise etc.
The participants
seem more interested in attributing the appointment to the loyalty to the party
leadership and/or RSS and election winnability. The opposition parties’
spokesperson are also predictable in their commentary. Most have criticized the
reconstitution, without offering any substantive argument.
The state of
affairs is truly disgusting and frustrating.
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