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| Congress an impediment :NC | | Cabinet expansion | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 9: The Congress received yet another shock today when the National Conference called it an impediment in the already overdue cabinet expansion.
The National Conference on Monday gave a new twist to the already complicated issue, saying congress was the biggest impediment in the 'overdue' cabinet expansion. "We are ready for the expansion but unfortunately there has been no green signal from congress in this regard", retorted the re-appointed additional general secretary Dr Mustafa Kamal. At present the National conference has one cabinet vacancy available whereas congress has two, besides two additional portfolios of R&B and Education which had gone vacant following the resignation of the congress ministers after allegedly helping their children pass different exams. A local news agency quoting sources said that the NC had four contenders for the single vacancy available as per the seat sharing agreement in the cabinet, whereas congress was battling factionalism within the party to pick up two candidates for the cabinet. "For one vacancy available to NC, we have Choudary Mohammad Ramzan, Mir Saif ullah from frontier district of Kupwara, Sajad Ahmad Kichlo from Kashtawar and Dr. Mustafa Kamal from Srinagar staking the claim," a senior leader disclosed. He however added that now after party reorganization in which Dr. Kamal and Sajad Ahmad Kichlo have been given the important party assignments, things eased up a bit for the ruling party. "There are now just two contenders for the lone cabinet berth and both are from the same district", he said. Meanwhile party sources disclosed that Mir Saifullah may likely be picked up for the cabinet. They however added that no final decision had been taken as yet. In the meantime Party additional general secretary Dr. Kamal made it clear that party leadership was satisfied with the performance of its ministers in the Omar Cabinet and it was unlikely that any of them would be called back at this point of time. He insisted that whosoever makes it to the cabinet, party should now take a decision on the expansion as that would ease pressure on Omar." Taking one more party leader into cabinet will help Omar to concentrate on governance more", added Kamal. However, the Congress sources revealed that the MLA's from Doda were lobbying hard to get representation in the cabinet. Known for their loyalty to former Chief Minster and union health Minster Gh. Nabi Azad, the MLA's have reportedly approached 7 RC in New Delhi to get their names cleared for the cabinet. "We won 5 out of six seats in assembly elections, but the irony is that none of us is in the cabinet" ,lamented an MLA from Doda , wishing anonymity. Sources said that former Minster G.M Saroori was also lobbying hard for a come back which could be another big challenge for congress high command. Sources maintained that CBI had not indicted Sarrori and even Chief Minster Omar Abdullah has hinted of Saroori coming clean of the charges soon. |
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