Now that Venkaiah Naidu had to resign due to him being nominated as NDA Candidate for the Vice President Election, we have another vacancy in the Central Government Ministry.
The Defense Ministry is already without a full time Minister since Manohar Parrikker left to take over as Goa CM, and we have an unfit Minister of External Affairs in Sushma Swaraj. Add to it the incompetent Rajnath Singh as Home Minister and a Jack of All Trades, but master of only Law Arun Jaitley as Finance cum Defense Minister, who is also not fully fit, Narendra Modi has his hands full.
One of the oft repeated statements we hear is that BJP lacks talent amongst its MPs and is hence struggling to find suitable people to run the Government.
Instead of seeing this as a liability, Modi should view this as an opportunity to implement drastic reforms in the Council of Ministers. India doesn't need 80 Ministers. Minimum Government and Maximum Governance should start from the Top.
We need perhaps only the following Ministries;
- The Prime Ministers Office
- Minister of Finance
- Minister of National Security inclusive of both External and Internal Security
- Minister of External Affairs
- Minister of Administration
- Minister of Logistics
- Minister of Industry
- Minister of Energy
- Minister of Agriculture
- Minister of Infrastructure Development
- Minister of Education
Each can have a Cabinet Minister and allowed One Deputy Minister each, which is more to enable the Potentially Talented Deputies to gain experience.
With so many Rajya Sabha seats up for grabs in the next few months, it should not be difficult for Modi to find the right candidate from across the Country and get them elected as MPs.
All so called heavy weight but useless Ministers can be shifted to do Party work, leaving the task of Governance to a handful of talented Ministers like Piyush Goel, who get things done.
Modi is so powerful, and BJP do dependent on him, that he doesn't have to be afraid of the wrath of the disgruntled aspiring MPs, if he were to downsize the Government.
He has shown his inclination to take the risk with Demonetization and GST.
Will he now dare to reform the Government once and for all?
