If home minister Amit Shah is conspicuous by his absence from the spotlight as the Covid-19 crisis rages on, so is cabinet colleague Nitin Gadkari. As for the medical and administrative side of handling the outbreak, it’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi who’s been talking to the states and the public, with health minister Harsh Vardhan too doing his bit. Now with the pandemic failing to reverse the trend, Gadkari seems to have stepped into the vacuum. As in every interaction, an authoritative Gadkari offered reassurances and promised to take up their problems with the Prime Minister and the finance ministry. During the campaign, several public remarks by Gadkari appeared to have been indirect attacks on the party leadership.

Source: The Telegraph May 08, 2020 00:11 UTC