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touching Brahmins, Rajputs and tribals. We treat sensitive political appointments, like those of Governors, as if they were perks for distribution by the PM. As far as one can make out, only certain senior police officers (superseded because of their involvement in cases against Indira Gandhi and Sanjay!) have been resorted to seniority, even to positions of power. This development will be interpreted in a variety of ways unless a new pattern of probity emerges at various levels.