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| Cabinet reshuffle on cards, Omar Abdullah takes Sonia Gandhi on board | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 24: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah is likely to announce a Cabinet reshuffle and induction of at least two new Ministers in his Council of Ministers before the closure of the Darebar move offices in summer capital Srinagar, authoritative sources told ET.
It is reliably learnt that Omar Abdullah has already got the go ahead on the much overdue Cabinet expansion, an idea with which Omar Abdullah has been toying for long, but had to wait because of bickering within the State Congress party.
"Some of the known non-performers in the Cabinet would be divested of their important portfolios and moved to the periphery as easing them out of the Cabinet at present is likely to jolt the balance of power in the Congress-NC coalition," highly placed sources close to the Congress high command in New Delhi told ET.
Same sources revealed the allegations of serious corruption against some of the Congress Ministers were also discussed by Omar Abdullah with the Congress high command recently. "Because of the coalition dharma, the CM made all the allegations of serious corruption against some of the Congress Ministers known to the Congress high command. He has asked the Congress high command to decide on the fate of these Ministers immediately since their alleged indulgence in mass corruption has seriously dented the image of the coalition Government in Jammu and Kashmir," sources disclosed.
The CM has separately communicated the serious charges of corruption leveled in a confidential CID report against a Congress Minister to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
The report is believed to contain pages of proof against the said Minister who issues transfer orders of engineers on a regular basis to bid out top slots in the departments under his control.
Another Congress Minister who was in news for the wrong reasons to have used his influence help his son in the exams was also discussed with the Congress high command. The CM has politely reminded the Congress leadership that continuation of the Minister in the Cabinet is causing embarrassment to him personally and further eroding the image of the coalition Government.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is believed to have given the nod to Omar Abdullah's desire to reshuffle the State Cabinet and induct at least two more Ministers of the Cabinet rank. While G.M. Saroori is likely to get back R&B after he is brought back into the Cabinet, NC camp is again abuzz with activity as contenders like Omar's uncle Dr. Mustafa Kamaal, Mir Saifullah and even Sheikh Ghulam Rasool are garnering support for induction into the Cabinet. |
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