Narendra Modi’s precious speech writer is leaving. Will that make a dent on his great oratory skills?

Jawed Ashraf, joint secretary to the Prime Minister since 2012, is planning to step out of the PMO. Wait, he has not parted ways with the government. In fact, he is leaving this existing post to take an overseas position.

Ashraf, who has also worked with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will now be replaced by Vinay Kwatra, currently working as the joint secretary (America) in the Ministry of External Affairs. Kwatra, who has served as Modi’s interpreter in 2014, took charge of the Americas division in the MEA from Vikram Doraiswami.

Doraiswami moved last year to Uzbekistan as ambassador, but was moved again to South Korea just before PM's visit in May this year.

Foreign secretary S. Jaishankar, has carried out a major overhaul of the MEA, putting in a whole new set of faces in South Block and in key missions overseas. However, there are some other important ambassadorial positions that will also be up for grabs in a few months in Bhutan, Myanmar and Singapore.