Sir — This refers to the editorial, “More Ministers needed” (September 5). To say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has, once again, managed to outwit the lutyens’ Delhi insiders, including the media, would be akin to saying milk is white. All speculation proved to be incorrect. Who would have thought that the Prime Minister would dish out a masterstroke with India’s first full-fledged woman defence MinisterIJ In the Modi era, political guesstimate doesn’t work. The reshuffle exercise has Modi-stamp all over it. Be it the elevation of Nirmala Sitharaman or the induction of four former bureaucrats in the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister has sent a clear message: This reshuffle is aimed at ramping his Government’s performance to ensure win in the 2019 general election.
