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| Cabinet reshuffle likely in first week of January Taj and Peerzada in danger zone | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Dec 15: After having tentatively decided to allow Chief
Minister, Omar Abdullah to continue after January 5 the Congress high
command may take up with the National Conference leadership the issue
of expansion and reshuffle of the council of ministers.
Reports said that the council of ministers may be reshuffled and
expanded in the first week of January if there was no major political
development in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Indications are that
while three more legislators were to be inducted in the council of
ministers, two from the Congress and one from the NC on the other
about six ministers may be dropped.
Informed sources said that if the two sides agreed to drop six
ministers then three dropped ministers were to be from the Congress
and the remaining three from the NC. Sources said that poor
performance and complaints about corrupt practices were to be used as
the yardstick for axing some ministers.
On the basis of the complaints received by the State Account ability
Commission and the Vigilance Organization two co-ministers Taj
Mohiuddin and Peerzada Mohd Syed fall in the danger zone. As far as
the National Conference is concerned Finance Minister,Abdul Rahim
Rather,Law Minister,Ali Mohd Sagar, Industries Minister Surjit Singh
Slathia, G H Mir Minister for Agriculture, Minister of State for Home
Nasir Aslam Wani top the list of those who are not going to be
dropped.
According to these sources legislators from Kupwara and Doda-Kishtwar
belts, which have remained unrepresented in the cabinet,may be
inducted in the council of ministers. Sources said that the expansion
of cabinet will see some minister to retain their portfolios.
While the fate of the Congress ministers is to be decided by the high
command for the National Conference cabinet reshuffle is not an easy
affair because of the divergent views held on the matter by NC Chief,
Dr Farooq Abdullah and chief Minister,Omar Abdullah.
There are possibilities for giving a ministerial berth to a legislator
belonging to the Kashmiri Panit community. It is for the first time
since 1948 that the council of ministers has no representative from
the minority community of Pandits.
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