More people to carry out the same ideas. How will that help?

"The much awaited-awaited Cabinet expansion turned out to be a much bigger recast than expected," Times of India (TOI). "The new nominees reflect an effort to increase the profile of OBCs (Other Backward Classes, wikipedia) in the council of ministers, with the number reaching 27 in a ministry of 78." Actually, the number of ministers is 79, with 30 of cabinet rank, 2 ministers of state with independent charge and 47 ministers of state, plus the Prime Minister, taking the total to 80, according to india.gov.in. The US cabinet consists of 24 members, including the Vice President, The White House. "The BJP's electoral needs in UP, where party appears to have made a conscious effort to supplement its Hindutva (Kamandal) plank by bringing in non-Yadav 'backwards' (Mandal), Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal appeared to have been a major consideration." There are elections to assemblies of 7 states in 2022, wikipedia, of which UP is the biggest with the largest number of seats in the Lok Sabha with 80 seats, Parliament of India. Election to West Bengal Assembly was held only a couple of months back, in which the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee won with two-thirds majority and 48% of the votes cast, moneycontrol. The Centre has sent a team to investigate allegations of violence by TMC workers against members of the BJP after the results of the election were announced, Hindustan Times (HT). "Delhi media is abuzz with news that a possible third front, comprising non-BJP and non-Congress political parties, is forming up -- ostensibly to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi," The Print. That is why West Bengal has to be kept destabilised so that Mamata Banerjee cannot lead such a front to challenge Modi. "His government's image hit by a crisis of capacity and credibility during the second Covid wave, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday signalled a reset effecting the most sweeping change in his Council of Ministers since he took charge for the first time in 2014," The Indian Express (TIE). "Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's exit has a ready and convenient cover: the Government's thinly veiled acknowledgement of mismanaging the Covid crisis and an attempt to course-correct through a fresh set of hands." The new Minister of Health is Mansukh Mandaviya from Gujarat who also has the portfolio of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Economic Times. (ET). Obviously, even with predictions of a third wave of coronavirus infections in August, with a peak in September, moneycontrol, health is not important enough for an independent ministry. "In the state of Gujarat in western India, some believers have been going to cow shelters once a week to cover their bodies in cow dung and urine in the hope it will boost immunity against, or help them recover from, the coronavirus," Reuters. Logical to combine health with fertilizers. "But many in the ruling establishment are searching for reasons behind the exit of others: DV Sadananda Gowda, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank, and Prakash Javadekar (all Cabinet Ministers) and Santosh Gangwar (MoS Independent Charge). More so, given the fact that all these ministers consistently -- and faithfully -- read the government's brief whether it was neem-coated urea (Gowda); hobbling Chinese electronics firms and taking Twitter to task for its alleged political bias (Prasad); National Education policy (Nishank); environmental clearances (Javadekar) or labour codes (Gangwar)." Modi's approval rating has apparently fallen after the second wave, according to a poll published by Morning Consult, The Wire. "A French court has permitted Cairn Energy to freeze several India-owned assets in Paris towards the settlement of the international arbitration order, the Financial Times reported," ET. Devas Multimedia is seeking to seize assets of Air India as compensation for its $1.2 billion claim on the Indian government. There is no money. Petrol is now selling at over Rs 100 per litre all over India, News18. Increasing the number of ministers will not help. No one will contradict Modi. Especially, with Mr Amit Shah being in charge of a new Ministry of Cooperation, TIE. The economy is hemorrhaging. A finger, or 79 fingers, in the dyke will not help. Only cost more.