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Majority of BJP ministers not from BJP ideology

With the latest entry of Digambar Kamat into the BJP government, one must ask why party members are fine with this.

A majority of ministers are not originally from the BJP “ six are ex-Congress, one is an Independent and one is from the MGP. Except for Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, almost all senior ministers are ex-Congress leaders. Ironically, the BJP itself had once condemned many of them as corrupt or tainted by serious charges like rape or involvement in riots.

Why then is the BJP high command giving preference to “outsiders” instead of loyal members who have long followed the party’s core ideology? Do BJP members have any self-respect, and do they truly understand what is happening within their party?


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Old, tired choices

Brian de Souza, Margao
Published Aug 23, 2025, 5:46 PM IST
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Ministerial changes and new appointments, including those of a CM, always have an interesting aspect: new faces and new backgrounds, as has been seen in the BJP’s CM announcements in MP, Rajasthan and Orissa in recent times. However, the Goa government’s reshuffle, bringing in a political elder and another BJP loyalist, seems to suggest that the party is tired, on the one hand, and has no new blood to infuse into its cadre here. The choice of cabinet minister also suggests…

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