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Jairam Ramesh may get Cabinet rank, new ministry NEW DELHI: Four cabinet ministers are likely to be dropped in a ministerial reshuffle on Tuesday, which seeks to tone up the functioning of key ministries, massage a few hurt egos and brings in new faces. Minister for north-east BK Handique, corporate affairs minister Murli Deora, tribal affairs minister Kantilal Bhuria and statistics minister MS Gill are likely to be dropped from the union cabinet in what may be seen as a substantive surgery given the modest expectations. Kapil Sibal is likely to retain both the key portfolios that he has – telecom and HRD. Importantly, environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who holds independent charge, is up for elevation as cabinet minister and could get either rural development or roads and highways ministry. In case of his moving in to RD, Vilasrao Deshmukh could get science and technology. That highways ministry is being considered a likely slot for Jairam shows the disappointment with incumbent CP Joshi who was given the charge only in the January reshuffle. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had in February promised a restructuring of the government. Indications are that there cannot be any change in the top four ministries – home, finance, external affairs and defence. But the exercise on Tuesday promises to be much bigger than what it had seemed in the runup, thanks to the concern in the government about the sluggish performance of key ministries which include social sector and infrastructure. Back |
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