Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Team Modi’s makeover” (July 7). Of course, a performance appraisal may be the last factor to be considered while undertaking a ministerial re-shuffle, but with an eye on the Uttar Pradesh election, Dalit outreach and striking a regional balance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described it as an expansion rather than a re-shuffle.
The BJP has an ambitious plan to bring into its fold the Dalits, who hold the key to victory in several poll-bound States next year. Though the present expansion still keeps the Council tally below the maximum limit, stipulated by law, it belies the claim of Modi about ‘minimum Government, maximum governance’.