Parshottam Rupala, who makes it to the Union council of ministers, is a hardcore partyman who owes his Cabinet induction to the exigencies of electoral politics.With Assembly elections due in Gujarat in 2017, the induction of Rupala, a Kadva Patel, is seen as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to assuage the hurt feelings of a community, which is showing clear signs of turning away from the ruling BJP in Gujarat.