The new defence minister has to correct a major asymmetry. Will his discipline come in the way?
What is really baffling is Singh's marked silence over his unceremonious shift to defence and his meek protest against his missing name in various cabinet committees
While an official statement in the morning had Singh's name in only two Cabinet committees - economic affairs and security - the government effected a change at night, bringing him in four more panels
Top commanders of the Army will brief the defence minister about overall security situation along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and apprise him about the anti-terror operations in Kashmir
As defence minister, Singh will remain an ex-officio member of the powerful Cabinet Committee on Security, which he also attended as the home minister
Despite emasculation of his position, Singh never lost his cool and responded with grace
With days to go for the start of the Lok Sabha polls, the home minister took questions on a range of issues including politics, Jammu and Kashmir and Balakot air strikes
He also compared the demand made by the opposition that the government come out with exact number of terrorists killed in the Balakot airstrikes
'We will pray to god that he becomes Prime Minister of India,' said Shia religious leader Syed Zafar Asgar Rizvi
Addressing a rally here in Alipurduar district, Singh alleged that Bangladeshis are illegally entering West Benga
Religions have contributed in making India empowered, self-reliant and prosperous and will continue to do so, said Rajnath Singh
He also pointed out the Congress-led grand alliance was heading to a "huge defeat" in Telangana, where the TRS appears set to retain to power with a big majority
The Home Minister also accused the Congress of creating a crisis of distrust in politics
Rajnath Singh said those who do not believe in democracy can never be well-wishers of people
Social media has helped in propagating their ideology, he added
Last year, the home minister had celebrated Dussehra at Joshimath in Uttarakhand along the Sino-Indian border
The home minister also spoke to chief of BKU Naresh Tikait over phone
The GoM and the committee of secretaries were set up after nearly 40 people were lynched in nine states in the past one year
He said under the Modi rule, India had emerged from the shadows of current account deficit
The Home Minister also said schools and health care centres in villages, to which the 'martyrs' belong, should be named after them