New Delhi: BJP has done it again! There were months of speculation. News channels had even moved reporters outside the Ministry of External Affairs, expecting Sushma Swaraj will be declared as the BJP nominee for Presidential polls. But at the press conference Amit Shah pulled out a blinder.
Halting for a moment before announcing the name, backed with the knowledge that his audience is in for a surprise, yet again, he announced Ram Nath Kovind, Bihar governor as the candidate. There was something in the manner in which he announced the name which gave away a sense of satisfaction in throwing a surprise.
Here we have a PM and A party chief who relishes on surprises. This is evident in most of their decisions. Whether it is the selection of Yogi Adityanath as UP Chief Minister or Manohar Lal Khattar as the Haryana Chief Minister, the surprise quotient remained a constant. Even a relatively low key Delhi Police Commissioner’s job too went to Amulya Patnaik while the force and media speculated about the possibility of the two high profile IPS officers Dharmender Kumar and Deepak Mishra.
For journalists covering the government a great part of their job is to speculate and find out the key appointments before the formal announcements. For them, THE last three years have been a perpetual drought.
The message from the Centre’s power centre seems to be clear, you speculate and we eliminate.
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