Cabinet Reshuffle India : Manmohan Singh is likely to reshuffle his cabinet - News are coming from informed sources that Manmohan Singh is likely to reshuffle his cabinet on tuesday.So far there is not an any official announcement has came from Government but according to some news reshuffle is likely to take place at 5 p.m., the sources said. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has already told the Presidents’s Office to make the preparations, they added.
But the question is that who would be affected from this reshuffle ? according to some indication we can make a guess that the ‘Big Four’ ministers – Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A.K. Antony, Home Minister P. Chidambaram and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna – would not be affected in the reshuffle.
Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi have met Monday to take a give a final decision to the new list, sources said. This was their fourth meeting in three weeks. The reshuffle comes in the wake of a series of corruption scams, which forced two ministers – A. Raja and Dayanidhi Maran – to quit office and tarnished the image of the UPA-II government.
Update : According to Times Of India : ”
With the fresh induction, the strength of the Union Council of Ministers has gone up to 81, of which 35 are of Cabinet rank, six are MoS with Independent charge and the rest ministers of state.
No minister was dropped in the reshuffle which was described by the Prime Minister as “minor”. He told reporters after the swearing in ceremony that a “more expansive exercise” would be undertaken after the Budget Session of Parliament.
Murli Deora was divested of the petroleum and natural gas portfolio and shifted to corporate affairs.
Reddy has been shifted from urban development ministry, which has now been given to Kamal Nath, whose portfolio of road transport and highways has been given to C P Joshi.
Though Praful Patel, NCP, has been elevated to Cabinet rank, he has been shifted from civil aviation to heavy industries and public enterprises while Khursheed has been moved from corporate affairs to water resources.
Jaiswal has retained coal while he moves up to Cabinet. The reshuffle was restricted to Congress except NCP whose supremo Sharad Pawar also shed consumer affairs, food and public distribution.”
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