Modi govt concedes talent deficit, nine new ministers to take oath

The new ministers would be administered oath of office on Sunday morning

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will expand the Union council of ministers by inducting nine ministers, including four former bureaucrats, suggesting an admission of abysmal talent crunch in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ranks. The four are former Union home secretary R K Singh, former Mumbai Commissioner of Police Satyapal Singh, former diplomat Hardeep Singh Puri and retired IAS officer KJ Alphons Kannanthanam. 

Government sources conceded that with 2019 Lok Sabha polls drawing near, the concern within the government was to ensure last-mile delivery of projects. The Modi government has received criticism from the Opposition for its failures to meet its