The new Cabinet shows that PM Modi sees the poll setback as his party’s failure, not his government’s. BJP’s hitherto sound HR policy of grooming future leadership looks suspended and it can’t be blamed on coalition demands. It’s a minimum change, play safe Cabinet for status quo, not the future.
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