How cow politics and a majoritarian agenda have bound 5 BJP CMs

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The cow and deference towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi in varying measures are the two elements that bind the chief ministers (CMs) of Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. 

Manohar Lal Khattar, Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Chouhan, Raman Singh and Devendra Fadnavis were elected (actually anointed) CMs of their respective states in different circumstances. Vasundhara is serving her second term at Rajasthan’s helm while Chouhan and Singh have had three uninterrupted tenures (although Chouhan was first brought in as MP chief minister mid-way through Uma Bharati’s inning). Khattar and Fadnavis are the greenhorns in governance and their mettle will be