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| Union Cabinet reshuffle in the offing | | | New Delhi, Aug 28: The Union Cabinet may undergo a major reshuffle shortly, as the search for a full time External Affairs Minister is reportedly gaining momentum.
The resignations of Union Labour and Employment Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao and Minister of State for Rural Development, A. Narendra, from the Council of Ministers over the Telangana issue, has lent grist to the rumour mill about an eminent Cabinet profile change.
According to sources, the names of senior Congress leader Karan Singh, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal and Maharashtra governor S M Krishna, besides that of Finance Minister P Chidambaram are doing the rounds at the Congress party headquarters for the post External Affairs Minister.
Earlier Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had indicated that a full time External Affairs Minister would be appointed before NAM summit that begins in Havana on September 11.
He has been handling the foreign office after Natwar Singh resigned from the post in the wake of the Volcker report on the oil-for-food scam in the first week of December 2005.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal could also nominate one minister of state in view of the resignation of Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav. Senior leader Oscar Fernandes may be assigned a portfolio.
Vacancies also exist in the Congress hierarchy after the induction of Ambika Soni in the Union Cabinet. |
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