In this democratic country Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the unchallenged Number 1 for third consecutive year. Sources have stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi stands first, followed by BJP president Amit Shah and RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat but with a difference. Moreover host of Opposition leaders move down the power list, where Arvind Kejriwal slips from No. 8 to 33, Mayawati who was at 30 last year is now at 50, and Lalu Prasad is down from 26 to 42.
Sources have added that the Gandhis, Sonia and Rahul, may not show as great a fall from 5 to 9 and from 9 to 10, respectively. Currently Yogi Adityanath, a new entrant is at No. 8, or Himanta Biswa Sarma who left the Congress to become powerful in the BJP, and who is also a new entry in the list, at 37.
According to sources, the rise in the list of Chief
Justice Khehar is from 41 to 4, and the entry of Dipak Misra at 15 and Justice
Lodha at 78, owes more to their institution the judiciary at a time when other
checks and balances on concentrated executive power are waning.
