In the last eight years, there is a lesson Lutyens’ media has learnt the hard way: Never try to read or guess Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mind. And if someone in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party tells you that he or she knows his mind, take it with a pinch of salt. Don’t write what they claim to know. They are good for intelligent guesses, at best.
When the BJP Parliamentary Board (read Modi) decided Saturday to nominate Jagdeep Dhankhar as the party’s vice-presidential candidate, no one was surprised. That’s because everyone was waiting for a surprise. So was the case with Droupadi Murmu’s presidential candidature. There were, of course, a few know-it-alls who were also betting on Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi as the next V-P candidate until Saturday.
