By BJP, for BJP, of BJP (Sorry, Nitish)

September 04, 2017 11:08

An unspoken, though strong, message has gone out to the BJP's allies from the reshuffle of the Narendra Modi government: be content with what you have, at the moment there aren't even crumbs to spare for you.

NDA constituents, including Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's JDU, a high-value returnee to the fold, were given a cold go-by in the constitution of the Modi team.This could mean two inter-linked things - Modi and BJP boss Amit Shah are pushing on with achieving saturation political imprint for the party and do not mind if that happens at the expense or annoyance of allies, old and new.

Read Sankarshan Thakur's column on the Telegraph.

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