Indian Cabinet Reshuffle likely to happen within 24 hours

Folks, this is one of the strongest buzz of the hour that the Indian cabinet may face a huge reshuffle within a tenure of 24 hours as UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today on 18th January convened a meeting at the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with her political secretary Ahmed Patel.

As per report of the reliable sources, the meeting came just a day after Prime Minister met President Pratibha Patil where, as per speculation, he discussed the step of reshuffling ministry.

Sources have also confirmed that the Prime Minister is likely to meet Sonia Gandhi for the second time today so as to finalize the list of people likely to be included in the Union Cabinet.

Even senior ministers have stayed put in the capital. Along with the reshuffle, an overhaul of the Congress party is also on the cards. Indications are that changes in the government are likely to be restricted to filling up of three Cabinet berths besides minor reshuffle in four-five ministries.

Two vacancies which were caused by the exit of former telecom minister A Raja and Shashi Tharoor is likely to be filled with kapil Sibal, who was given additional charge of the Telecom Ministry after Raja’s resignation, taking it up fully and relinquish the HRD Ministry which may go to Law Minister Veerappa Moily.

Major portfolios like Finance, Home, Defence and External Affairs may not be disturbed in the proposed exercise which is mainly aimed at filling up the vacancies.

It is the speculation that the exercise may take place on Jan 19 around 4 p.m. Rashtrapati Bhavan, however, this has been neither confirmed nor denied.

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