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| Sex sleaze forces Azad to defer again cabinet expansion | | | Jammu,:- The unfinished agenda of the CBI and the courts in taking the sex scam to its logical conclusion and President,Dr A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s visit to Srinagar,are said to have motivated Chief Minister,Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad,to postpone the expansion of the 13-member council of ministers.
Congress sources said that the Chief Minister had toyed with the idea of expanding the council of ministers a few days before the start of the Assembly session in Srinagar from July 28 but the idea was dropped with the sex scam inquiry keeping on witnessing turns and twists.
The Chief Minister became cautious when he came to know that the courts have indicted the CBI and the police for their go slow strategy in booking other bigwigs who are said to have been involved in the sex scandal.
Congress sources said that during his recent visit to Delhi the Chief Minister could not fathom the opinion of Ms Sonia Gandhi,AICC President,on the need for increasing the size of the ministry in Jammu and Kashmir.In the absence of a clear cut instructions from the party High Command the Chief Minister preferred to defer the cabinet expansion.
Since Mr Azad had persuaded President,Dr Kalam,to visit Srinagar for addressing the joint session of the state legislature he wanted to spent his energy and time on making the President’s visit to the summer capital an incident free affair.He did not want to waste his energy on cabinet expansion which could wait.
Congress sources said that the cabinet expansion could be considered by the Chief Minister,in consultation with the party High command,only after the security scenario registered a marked improvement and after the sex scam inquiry reached a final phase. |
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