rajnath singh 67experience 2 lok sabha 2 rajya sabha termsa seasoned politician of many decades and former party president rajnath singh was instrumental in pitching for narendra modi as prime minister as mandated by the rss in the last government he was an efficient home minister who kept a low profile he implemented the partys tough line on terror asking security agencies to act impartially on intelligence inputsread alsopm narendra modi picks a technocrat for key roleappointment of s jaishankar former foreign secretary from january 2015 to january 2018 in the cabinet opens the door for lateral entry at the highest level of the govt as well as the entry of technocrats in ministerial roles the decision not only shows the pms confidence in him but also showedhe also adopted a policy of rehabilitation for individuals who might have been radicalised but had not yet committed a crime and were open to reconsidering their choicesas a former chief minister of uttar pradesh his presence will balance caste and regional equations in the top levels of government he has experience as a political manager having been drafted in to seal alliances and sort out innerparty crises in the pastamit shah 54 experience 1 rajya sabha termfrom a polling booth incharge to heading the worlds largest political party to cabinet minister the journey of bjp president amit anilchandra shah has been stupendous to say the leastfor 14 years in gujarat shah was the most trusted lieutenant of then cm narendra modi his career suffered a brief setback in 2010 when he as the mos home of gujarat was arrested in the sohrabuddin shaikh and tulsiram prajapati encounter cases he was granted bail on the condition that he would stay away from gujarat but shah used his time in delhi to not just sort out his legal problems but also understand the nittygritty of national politics after two years away he was allowed to return in 2012 he was subsequently discharged of all charges perhaps the most crucial phase of shahs career began in 2013 when he was made general secretary of the bjp and was tapped to spearhead the 2014 general election campaign in uttar pradesh realising the importance of up shah spent almost an entire year there working on the minutest of details which eventually gave the party and its allies 73 of the 80 ls seats in upimmediately after the 2014 ls polls shah was elevated to bjp president in the first year of his tenure the bjp won four of the five assembly elections held since then with modi at the helm of government and amit shah captaining the organisation that he transformed into a welloiled electoral machine the bjp has expanded its footprint across the countryincidentally shah honed his political skills in his home state gujarat where he started as a booth manager in the gandhinagar constituency the seat which he won this year with a record margin of 557 lakh votes when hes not