If corporate India and the stock markets want stability, and PM Modi wants someone who unquestioningly follows his directions, then Sitharaman is the right person for the job.
He told media that Shiv Sena was expecting one cabinet berth & one MoS berth, but party leader in Lok Sabha Shrikant Shinde said it was unconditionally supporting BJP-led NDA govt.
Rajnath Singh remains defence minister, JP Nadda is health minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan gets agriculture & rural development, HD Kumaraswamy gets heavy industries and steel.
3 of 5 BJP MPs from poll-bound state made it to Modi 3.0. BJP MP from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Dharambir Singh, lone Jat MP from Haryana, has not found a place in council of ministers.
Party leaders see Ram Mohan's selection as recognition of allegiance to TDP & a reflection of his deep ties with Naidu family. He follows in footsteps of father Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu.
Former education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal dropped from Modi cabinet 6 months ago. Bungalow allotted to Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, according to housing ministry sources.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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