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Sonia: Party reshuffle next
October 28, 2012
So the government now consists of 79 members. Of the 22 ministers inducted, 10 are first timers. Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that a reshuffle of the party was on the cards next. The focus of today's cabinet reshuffle was on inducting new and
young faces, with the states of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal cornering
the major share of the 22 ministers who were sworn in today.
While Andhra Pradesh has six new faces, West Bengal will have three more representatives.
The reshuffle move appears to be aimed at countering the Telangana
statehood issue, the political threat from the YSR Congress and
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee who pulled out of the UPA
following differences over economic reforms. Today's reshuffle of cabinet could help the government get over criticism of inertia in policy-making.
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