Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt says that Gurudas Kamat has told the Congress leadership that he would not like to take part in the swearing-in-ceremony this evening.

Kamat, who was minister of State in the telecommunication ministry has, now, been given independent charge as MOS of Drinking water and sanitation.

Kamat is believed to be unhappy and has told the leadership that he wants to be a Cabinet minister or in the eventuality that it doesn't happen, he will quit as minister. He has said he will not take part in swearing-in ceremony, even as efforts are on to placate him.

What also irks Kamat, who is a senior Congress leader from Mumbai, is that Milind Deora who is complete newbie in politics, has been given a Minister of State rank.

He is the second minister to be openly unhappy after Srikant Jena who got the Statistics and Programme Implementation and MoS Chemicals and Fertilisers. Jena says he will speak to the PM before the induction as he wants a Cabinet rank.