Beyond the big news of Nirmala Sitharaman being made the Minister of Defence, the subtext of the Narendra Modi government’s reshuffle can be seen with two former bureaucrats being made ministers with independent charge of key infrastructure portfolios. The focus is on delivering the goods for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, and an admission of talent deficit within Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ranks.
Former bureaucrats to man key sectors
RK Singh: The former union home secretary, Raj Kumar Singh is now the minister with independent charge of power, new and renewable energy. He takes over from Piyush Goyal. Clearly, he has