Five years back, toting up National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s score card as custodian of national security, I said that his principal contribution has been to shore up the electoral chances of Narendra Modi. I had no inkling that as the situation became grimmer in an economy unable to revive after Modi’s midnight brainwave, demonetization, Ajit Doval’s mastery of his craft would help pull Hindutva’s chestnuts out of the fire.
The Doval Score Card at its fag end
The Doval Score Card at its fag end
The Doval Score Card at its fag end
Five years back, toting up National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s score card as custodian of national security, I said that his principal contribution has been to shore up the electoral chances of Narendra Modi. I had no inkling that as the situation became grimmer in an economy unable to revive after Modi’s midnight brainwave, demonetization, Ajit Doval’s mastery of his craft would help pull Hindutva’s chestnuts out of the fire.