Dehradun, March 21 -- Better late than never! Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has finally filled the vacant posts in his cabinet by inducting five new ministers. This should have been done much earlier as governance cannot be effective if individual ministers are burdened with too many portfolios. Even responding with first-hand knowledge to questions in the Assembly becomes difficult for them and also embarrassing sometimes. Being able to ensure last mile delivery of services is simply not possible otherwise.
What could have been the reason for this delay? Was it some kind of insecurity regarding the loyalty of the MLAs? Did the party High Command not clear the filling of the posts? Was it an inability to balance the regional and caste...