Sonia: Party reshuffle next

October 28, 2012 14:24

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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