Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: A 'minister in hurry' with deep roots in the RSS

It’s not mere happenstance or luck that brought Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a good place. If Dharmendra Pradhan earned his stripes by overseeing the implementation of the Ujjwala Yojana, the crown jewel of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first tenure in office, it has fallen on Shekhawat to oversee the execution of Modi 2.0’s flagship Jal Jeevan Mission. The Mission is the highpoint of the newly constituted Jal Shakti ministry, which amalgamated water resources and drinking water and sanitation, and encompassed the Namami Gange project into one entity. Its objective is to bring piped water to every Indian house. Shekhawat works