Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting in Dushanbe.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Russian Defence Minister, General Sergei Shoigu heading towards the SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting Hall in Dushanbe.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP President JP Nadda and others at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, during the Monsoon Session of Parliament...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after paying homage to the fallen heroes at National War Memorial on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas in New Delhi. Also seen are Chief of the Air...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute to the martyrs of Kargil war on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, at National War Memorial in New Delhi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute to the martyrs of Kargil war on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, at National War Memorial in New Delhi. Army Chief General MM Naravan...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives to pay tribute to the martyrs of Kargil war on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, at National War Memorial in New Delhi. Army Chief General ...
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at flag-in ceremony of ARMEX-21 expedition team at South Block in New Delhi.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the flag-in ceremony of ARMEX-21 expedition team at South Block in New Delhi.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a function to unveil the statue of former Bihar governor Lalji Tandon, at Hazratganj in Lucknow.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and others at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, during the Monsoon Session of Parliamen...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks in the Lok Sabha, on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting, a day before the monsoon session of Parliament begins, in New Delhi
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives to attend an all-party meeting, a day before the monsoon session of Parliament begins, in New Delhi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered grievance management application, in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari and Smriti Irani during Cabinet meeting in Delhi.
Apropos the spat between Arun Jaitley and the tentwallah, frankly, I as usual don't have a clue. Gossip, buzz and conspiracy theories are par for the course in the Byzantine world of Delhi, but today's Hindustan Times editorial has got the grapevine going a bit more than the usual:
So, in a way, Rajnath Singh as well as Mr Advani may well represent the stage in this projected trajectory that needs to be jettisoned before the BJP reaches for the proverbial stars again. And what better catalyst for this cleansing process than an electoral rout goaded by infighting? That Narendra Modi has long-term prime ministerial aspirations is no secret. It isn’t that he and his supporters within the party — Mr Jaitley being one of them — find leapfrogging over the current crop of top BJP leaders repugnant. It’s just that doing that now would be contaminating themselves with a losing touch. For this faction of the BJP, not being associated with Mr Singh et al is a canny decision.
Full editorial: How to detoxify your party
