Good
moves by Modi
It is evident that Modi intends to use the Bharatiya Janata
Party’s impressive electoral mandate to minimise the role of tantrum-throwing
partners. And so, the Shiv Sena’s demand for a second Cabinet berth at the
Centre and key portfolios in the Maharashtra government in exchange for its
support were brushed aside. However, Suresh Prabhu from that party, was inducted into the BJP on Sunday morning
and sworn in as Railway Minister hours later. The best news is that of inclusion
of four more Brahmins, three of whom are in the Cabinet.
It is a good decision taken by Modi to induct Manohar
Parrikar as Defence minister. He is an experienced person. He has been doing
good work in Goa as chief minister.
It is always acceptable to overthrow the ally who is
demanding rather than being supportive and that is exactly what happened with
Shiv Sena. Loyalty is only secondary. Shiv Sena's exclusion is not bad. SS has
been throwing tantrums right from Day one. Also, while Modi is accommodative to
all religions and regions, SS is avowedly Hindu Party, which also is against
Gujaratis, Biharis, North Indians etc. This attitude should go. Shivaji never
had such bad attitudes. SS will become a fine party if these attitudes are
shunned. Nationalist Congress Party was anyway corrupt. NCP was corrupt in UPA too.
Only the size of government cannot be seen as the size of
governance. In democratic setup minimum government may give dictatorship.
Minimum government is more suitable for countries like America. We are
parliamentary democracy, where the whole cabinet is answerable to parliament, where
the whole cabinet works as one unit. In such situation talent of the cabinet is
more important than the size. So
inclusion of more talent in the cabinet is good forward looking decision, and
this should be appreciated.
What is shocking is that there are 31% of his ministers
with serious criminal cases pending against them including attempted murder and
rape. This is indeed quite a serious drawback of the BJP government.
It is great to see that Modi has inducted ministers like
Parrikar, Prabhu and Jayant Sinha as they are having good education
qualifications, which is pretty much required to handle the critical
portfolios, and this gives confidence to common man that these people will take
the decisions keeping in mind holistic growth. It is a judicious blend of youth
and experience.
Modi has made it abundantly clear that he wants great
performances from all his ministers. That is also what India wants.
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