India’s Presidents: Is the Post Really Relevant If ‘Strong’ PMs Have all Power?
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India’s Presidents: Is the Post Really Relevant If ‘Strong’ PMs Have all Power?

The Quint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most domineering figure in the Central government currently. It has also become evident that the other members of the Union Cabinet do not have a voice of their own, and they speak not on behalf of the government but on behalf of Prime Minister Modi. This is reflected in the statements of all the senior members of the Cabinet, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This was aptly termed as a ‘presidential’ style of governance by friend-turned-foe Arun Shourie and a political conservative in the Hindutva party, Swapan Dasgupta, right at the beginning of Modi’s term in 2014.

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