OTHERS WHO MADE THE CUT ARE

KAILASH VIJAYVARGIYA:

Looks after West Bengal, fertile terrain for Shah

PRABHAT JHA:

Was identified with Rajnath Singh; now crucial to Shah’s plans to keep Madhya Pradesh in 2018 polls; put in charge of Guna, Jyotiraditya Scindia’s borough

MANGAL PANDEY:

The Bihar BJP chief has been entrusted with managing faction-ridden BJP in Himachal, which votes this year

P MURLIDHAR RAO:

Again his proximity to Rajnath didn’t deter Shah from assigning him Tamil Nadu

B S YEDDYURAPPA:

May be 74-75 but he’s Shah’s man in poll-bound Karnataka and not a candidate for the “marg darshak mandal”

V MURALEEDHARAN:

Is identified with a faction in Kerala but Shah has foregrounded him in state politics.

RAOSAHEB DANVE:

Devendra Fadnavis is the BJP’s Maharashtra face, Danve, the state party president, is the nutsand-bolts person.

NIRMALA SITHARAMAN & PIYUSH GOYAL:

The ministers he trusts the most

VIJAY RUPANI:

Handpicked to be Gujarat CM