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1 Strategy: The exit of key ministers insulates the top leadership from the failures and controversies surrounding the government. PTI
Zoya Hasan
Professor Emerita, Centre for Political Studies, JNU
THE massive Union Cabinet reshuffle has taken place at a moment when the nation faces major crises in the spheres of economy, health, education and external security, and in consequence, a decline in the support for the ruling dispensation. Losing West Bengal after the Prime Minister and Home Minister had campaigned intensively, putting aside questions of governance and the Covid pandemic, was a big blow for the ruling party. The growing international criticism of its dismal record on free speech and human rights and the embarrassing global attention received by the handling of the second wave of the pandemic have been disconcerting for the government. This defines the political context of the Cabinet expansion.
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