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The cabinet has been shuffled today. Some of the younger ministers have been promoted.

Who is Selja Kumari. She is a Dalit leader. Surprisingly, she does not look Dalit from any angle. But for her angular looks, she seems to be every bit a child of wealth and privilege. But in the absence of inner party democracy and supporting systems and processes, whim of the party leader will prevail in such issues. And the party leader may not always be working in national interest. She may well be working to perpetuate family interests.

Salman Khurshid, despite his faux pas and anger spats against Kejriwal, still is foisted to the top job in MEA.

I, as student had the opportunity of interacting with Salman, and he came across as very suave and polished and progressive. But the unbecoming manner in which he behaved in the last couple of weeks, a carrot is clearly not what he deserved. And should the allegations of team Kejriwal be true, clearly a very wrong signal is being sent to the country, and worse still is that all this is happening under the tutelage of a PM like Manmohan Singh.

What a gadfly he is. Manish Tiwari, a motor mouth. Suffering from chronic sinusitic congestion. But for ever ready to take on an adversary with a shamelessness that brinks on the bizarre. Also tipped for his loyalty.

Merit is secondary. 

The most critical aspect seems to be creation of a constituency for Rahul Gandhi. A coterie that will toil to cordon him from adversity catapult him into the saddle whenever the family desired.