BJP`s new team checks rebels, rewards loyalists and outsiders
(WorldNews India)

The message from the change of guard in the Maharashtra BJP is that rebels will be checked with sops to their family members, or silenced. Though Chandrakant Patil is the president of the state unit, former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has had a large say in the selection of the six general secretaries and 12 vice-presidents. A senior BJP general secretary requesting anonymity said, “The message to the cadre is clear. Those who work and deliver will be rewarded. And those who rebel in public will be shown their place.” The rebellious Eknath Khadse has been checked with the induction of his daughter-in-law Raksha Khadse. Pankaja Munde, who had hinted at quitting the party after blaming...