Jairam Ramesh SHUNTED Out of Environment to Clear Decks for All Out Monopolistic Corporate MNC Aggression against Aborigin Indigenous Communities!In a substantive yet incomplete exercise, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today dropped seven ministers, inducted V Kishore Chandra Deo and seven other new faces, and elevated three others including Jairam Ramesh from whom Environment and Forests has been taken away.Ramesh, who was seen as a pro-active minister but often courted controversies by his handling of environmental issues, has been shifted to Rural Development in the Cabinet.
In the much-talked about revamping of his ministry, Singh did not touch the 'big four' -- Finance, Home, Defence and External Affairs, but shifted M Veerappa Moily from Law to Corporate Affairs and brought Salman Khursheed in his place.
Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi has been elevated to the Cabinet rank and given the Railways portfolio left vacant by Mamata Banerjee after she became West Bengal Chief Minister.
Beni Prasad Verma becomes a Cabinet Minister for Steel, a portfolio he earlier held as Minister of State with Independent charge.
The other new faces in the Council of Ministers are Jayanthi Natarajan who gets Environment and Forests, Dibrugarh MP Paban Singh Ghatowar (DONER), Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandopadhyaya (Health and Family Welfare), Alwar MP Jitendra Singh (Home), Milind Deora (Communication and IT) and Rajiv Shukla (Parliamentary Affairs).
Ministers who have been dropped from the Cabinet are M S Gill (Statistics and Programme Implementation), B K Handique (DONER), Kantilal Bhuria (Tribal Affairs), Murli Deora (Corporate Affairs) and Dayanidhi Maran (Textiles). While Maran had resigned last week in the wake of his being named in the 2G scam, Deora had offered his resignation citing old age and had reportedly sought a berth for his son Milind.
The new ministers would be sworn in at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan this evening after which the strength of the Council will go up by one to 68. While there were eight additions, seven have been axed.
The restructuring exercise appeared incomplete with additional charge of Textiles and Water Resources being given to Anand Sharma and P K Bansal respectively. Sharma retains Commerce and Industry and Bansal retains Parliamentary Affairs.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal continues to hold additional charge of Telecom, while Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi retains additional charge of Civil Aviation.
Telecom portfolio went to Sibal after DMK representative A Raja resigned on allegations in 2G spectrum allocation.
No DMK representative was inducted today as replacements for Raja and Maran. Apparently, some of the portfolios have been kept as additional charges so that DMK can be accommodated if it chooses to send replacements.
DMK is expected to decide on the issue at its General Council meeting on July 23-24 at Coimbatore.
Veteran Parliamentarian from Andhra Pradesh V Kishore Chandra Deo makes his entry into the Cabinet for the first time, making him the second minister from the state after S Jaipal Reddy.
Cabinet reshuffle leaves ministers fuming: Veerappa Moily blames vested interests, Srikant Jena back to square one
NEW DELHI: The reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers seems to have left a few members dissatisfied. MoS Gurudas Kamat, who was given independent charge of the newlycarved out Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry , put in his papers immediately after the new ministers were sworn in.
M Veerappa Moily , who was shifted from the Law Ministry to Corporate Affairs , gave vent to his unhappiness by alleging that "vested interests" were behind his transfer. "There has been a campaign by vested interests. They knew reform was not pleasant to everybody, which I can't help. I have to do this in the best interest of the country," Moily told newspersons when asked about his job transfer.
Kamat, a five-term MP, was expecting a Cabinet rank in the reshuffle. He tried to delink his resignation from the obvious disappointment over the leadership's refusal to recognise his claim. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Kamat said, "there is no question of any disappointment over the portfolio, which is in itself an important one, with concerns related to requirements of a large section of the country. The reasons are totally personal and not any defiance of the party leadership as is being made out in certain sections of the media."
He said that on Tuesday morning he had already written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi to relieve him of his ministerial responsibility. Another Minister of State Srikant Jena also made his displeasure known. Both the ministers stayed away from the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Jena said he would take up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The Odisha MP, who was Cabinet Minister in the United Front Government, has been eyeing a Cabinet rank since 2009. Though he was elevated on Tuesday from Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers to Minister of State with independent charge of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Jena is dissatisfied.
When he was first named MoS in 2009, he had refused to take oath. He was pacified by the Prime Minister and told that his interests would be protected. Jena had seen some hope then as his senior minister MK Alagiri was not interested in Delhi politics. This time, however, Jena feels that he has been sidelined with a lightweight portfolio.
He said he would highlight his seniority in politics and "views of people of Odisha" on lack of representation in the Cabinet. "It is the Prime Minister's prerogative as to whom to make minister and what assignment to give," Jena told reporters here after the announcement of the reshuffle in which he retained his portfolio and was additionally given Minister of State with independent charge of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
"In this kind of coalition, there are compulsions... I have no choice... I will perform whatever responsibility given to me by the Prime Minister," said Jena. Asked whether he had any chance of being elevated to Cabinet, he said, "In politics, no doors are closed."
To a question whether he would quit, he shot back, "Why should I quit? The question does not arise...Why should I sulk?" Jena, whose political career spanned over three decades, weathered the pro-BJD wave in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls to win the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency and was among the six Congress leaders from the state to be elected to Parliament.
M Veerappa Moily , who was shifted from the Law Ministry to Corporate Affairs , gave vent to his unhappiness by alleging that "vested interests" were behind his transfer. "There has been a campaign by vested interests. They knew reform was not pleasant to everybody, which I can't help. I have to do this in the best interest of the country," Moily told newspersons when asked about his job transfer.
Kamat, a five-term MP, was expecting a Cabinet rank in the reshuffle. He tried to delink his resignation from the obvious disappointment over the leadership's refusal to recognise his claim. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Kamat said, "there is no question of any disappointment over the portfolio, which is in itself an important one, with concerns related to requirements of a large section of the country. The reasons are totally personal and not any defiance of the party leadership as is being made out in certain sections of the media."
He said that on Tuesday morning he had already written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi to relieve him of his ministerial responsibility. Another Minister of State Srikant Jena also made his displeasure known. Both the ministers stayed away from the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Jena said he would take up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The Odisha MP, who was Cabinet Minister in the United Front Government, has been eyeing a Cabinet rank since 2009. Though he was elevated on Tuesday from Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers to Minister of State with independent charge of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Jena is dissatisfied.
When he was first named MoS in 2009, he had refused to take oath. He was pacified by the Prime Minister and told that his interests would be protected. Jena had seen some hope then as his senior minister MK Alagiri was not interested in Delhi politics. This time, however, Jena feels that he has been sidelined with a lightweight portfolio.
He said he would highlight his seniority in politics and "views of people of Odisha" on lack of representation in the Cabinet. "It is the Prime Minister's prerogative as to whom to make minister and what assignment to give," Jena told reporters here after the announcement of the reshuffle in which he retained his portfolio and was additionally given Minister of State with independent charge of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
"In this kind of coalition, there are compulsions... I have no choice... I will perform whatever responsibility given to me by the Prime Minister," said Jena. Asked whether he had any chance of being elevated to Cabinet, he said, "In politics, no doors are closed."
To a question whether he would quit, he shot back, "Why should I quit? The question does not arise...Why should I sulk?" Jena, whose political career spanned over three decades, weathered the pro-BJD wave in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls to win the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency and was among the six Congress leaders from the state to be elected to Parliament.
Cabinet rejig: Jairam Ramesh sent to rural ministry & Murli Deora's son Milind Deora gets a berth
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday shuffled his team for the second time in six months, but even after inducting eight new faces, couldn't shake off the impression that it was all a game of musical chairs within the cabinet.
The Big Four - Pranab Mukherjee, PChidambaram, AK Antony and SM Krishna - have been left untouched. Key economic and infrastructure ministries, with the exception of rural development, have not been tinkered with. Ashok Ganguly, a former chairman of HUL and now member of the Rajya Sabha , said, "Today's cabinet reshuffle leaves the top level unchanged, signaling continuity of the government's thinking. This is a welcome move."
After the reshuffle, Singh told newspersons that this would be the last before the 2014 general elections . He said it reflected a "balance necessary between various states, consideration of efficiency, (and) consideration of continuity" in government.
He added, "This exercise is as comprehensive as possible." But corporate leaders that ET spoke to were largely unimpressed by the reshuffle. "It's a light-weight reshuffle and won't have any significant impact on the current working of the government. The key cabinet remains the same," said Arun Bharat Ram, chairman, SRF Limited.
Just before the swearing in, there was high drama as two ministerial candidates, Gurudas Kamat and Srikant Jena, failed to show up. Both were believed to be unhappy with their relatively lightweight portfolios - statistics and programme implementation for Jena and drinking water and sanitation for Kamat.
By evening, Kamat had resigned from the ministry. Singh said two slots had been left vacant for the DMK. But it is unlikely that the Dravidian party will be allotted the telecom ministry, which will remain with Kapil Sibal, who has emerged as an important firefighter for the government.
The highlight of the shake-up was the shifting of Jairam Ramesh from environment and forests to rural development, critical in the Congress' scheme of things. Here, Ramesh will be piloting the crucial Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill and the accompanying legislation on Resettlement and Rehabilitation.
He will also monitor the flagship NREGS. Industry hopes that Jayanthi Natarajan , who takes over at the environment ministry, would be a lesser activist than Ramesh, who had stopped or slowed down large projects in ecologically sensitive areas. "Bringing in Natarajan in place of Ramesh may help the government take prompt actions on projects that were getting delayed and boost India's economic growth," said Bharat Ram.
Asked about his expectations from the reshuffled team, Harsh Mariwala, Ficci president and chairman ofMarico , said, "It's too early to comment on whether this reshuffle will work. But I must admit that it surpassed my expectations, I did not anticipate such a major reshuffle."
The prime minister dropped five ministers - MS Gill, BK Handique, Kantilal Bhuria , A Sai Prathap and Arun Yadav.
Deadwood Allowed to Stay on
The prime minister also accepted the resignations of Murli Deora and Dayanidhi Maran. But the much-anticipated revamp did not happen.
Deadwood such as External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, Sushil Kumar Shinde, CP Joshi and Virbhadra Singh have been allowed to stay on, while Vilasrao Deshmukh, whose short stint in the rural development ministry was nothing to write home about, has been moved to the science and technology department.
The Big Four - Pranab Mukherjee, PChidambaram, AK Antony and SM Krishna - have been left untouched. Key economic and infrastructure ministries, with the exception of rural development, have not been tinkered with. Ashok Ganguly, a former chairman of HUL and now member of the Rajya Sabha , said, "Today's cabinet reshuffle leaves the top level unchanged, signaling continuity of the government's thinking. This is a welcome move."
After the reshuffle, Singh told newspersons that this would be the last before the 2014 general elections . He said it reflected a "balance necessary between various states, consideration of efficiency, (and) consideration of continuity" in government.
He added, "This exercise is as comprehensive as possible." But corporate leaders that ET spoke to were largely unimpressed by the reshuffle. "It's a light-weight reshuffle and won't have any significant impact on the current working of the government. The key cabinet remains the same," said Arun Bharat Ram, chairman, SRF Limited.
Just before the swearing in, there was high drama as two ministerial candidates, Gurudas Kamat and Srikant Jena, failed to show up. Both were believed to be unhappy with their relatively lightweight portfolios - statistics and programme implementation for Jena and drinking water and sanitation for Kamat.
By evening, Kamat had resigned from the ministry. Singh said two slots had been left vacant for the DMK. But it is unlikely that the Dravidian party will be allotted the telecom ministry, which will remain with Kapil Sibal, who has emerged as an important firefighter for the government.
The highlight of the shake-up was the shifting of Jairam Ramesh from environment and forests to rural development, critical in the Congress' scheme of things. Here, Ramesh will be piloting the crucial Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill and the accompanying legislation on Resettlement and Rehabilitation.
He will also monitor the flagship NREGS. Industry hopes that Jayanthi Natarajan , who takes over at the environment ministry, would be a lesser activist than Ramesh, who had stopped or slowed down large projects in ecologically sensitive areas. "Bringing in Natarajan in place of Ramesh may help the government take prompt actions on projects that were getting delayed and boost India's economic growth," said Bharat Ram.
Asked about his expectations from the reshuffled team, Harsh Mariwala, Ficci president and chairman ofMarico , said, "It's too early to comment on whether this reshuffle will work. But I must admit that it surpassed my expectations, I did not anticipate such a major reshuffle."
The prime minister dropped five ministers - MS Gill, BK Handique, Kantilal Bhuria , A Sai Prathap and Arun Yadav.
Deadwood Allowed to Stay on
The prime minister also accepted the resignations of Murli Deora and Dayanidhi Maran. But the much-anticipated revamp did not happen.
Deadwood such as External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, Sushil Kumar Shinde, CP Joshi and Virbhadra Singh have been allowed to stay on, while Vilasrao Deshmukh, whose short stint in the rural development ministry was nothing to write home about, has been moved to the science and technology department.
Cabinet reshuffle leaves ministers fuming: Veerappa Moily blames vested interests, Srikant Jena back to square one
NEW DELHI: The reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers seems to have left a few members dissatisfied. MoS Gurudas Kamat, who was given independent charge of the newlycarved out Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry , put in his papers immediately after the new ministers were sworn in.
M Veerappa Moily , who was shifted from the Law Ministry to Corporate Affairs , gave vent to his unhappiness by alleging that "vested interests" were behind his transfer. "There has been a campaign by vested interests. They knew reform was not pleasant to everybody, which I can't help. I have to do this in the best interest of the country," Moily told newspersons when asked about his job transfer.
Kamat, a five-term MP, was expecting a Cabinet rank in the reshuffle. He tried to delink his resignation from the obvious disappointment over the leadership's refusal to recognise his claim. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Kamat said, "there is no question of any disappointment over the portfolio, which is in itself an important one, with concerns related to requirements of a large section of the country. The reasons are totally personal and not any defiance of the party leadership as is being made out in certain sections of the media."
He said that on Tuesday morning he had already written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi to relieve him of his ministerial responsibility. Another Minister of State Srikant Jena also made his displeasure known. Both the ministers stayed away from the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Jena said he would take up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The Odisha MP, who was Cabinet Minister in the United Front Government, has been eyeing a Cabinet rank since 2009. Though he was elevated on Tuesday from Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers to Minister of State with independent charge of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Jena is dissatisfied.
When he was first named MoS in 2009, he had refused to take oath. He was pacified by the Prime Minister and told that his interests would be protected. Jena had seen some hope then as his senior minister MK Alagiri was not interested in Delhi politics. This time, however, Jena feels that he has been sidelined with a lightweight portfolio.
He said he would highlight his seniority in politics and "views of people of Odisha" on lack of representation in the Cabinet. "It is the Prime Minister's prerogative as to whom to make minister and what assignment to give," Jena told reporters here after the announcement of the reshuffle in which he retained his portfolio and was additionally given Minister of State with independent charge of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
"In this kind of coalition, there are compulsions... I have no choice... I will perform whatever responsibility given to me by the Prime Minister," said Jena. Asked whether he had any chance of being elevated to Cabinet, he said, "In politics, no doors are closed."
To a question whether he would quit, he shot back, "Why should I quit? The question does not arise...Why should I sulk?" Jena, whose political career spanned over three decades, weathered the pro-BJD wave in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls to win the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency and was among the six Congress leaders from the state to be elected to Parliament.
M Veerappa Moily , who was shifted from the Law Ministry to Corporate Affairs , gave vent to his unhappiness by alleging that "vested interests" were behind his transfer. "There has been a campaign by vested interests. They knew reform was not pleasant to everybody, which I can't help. I have to do this in the best interest of the country," Moily told newspersons when asked about his job transfer.
Kamat, a five-term MP, was expecting a Cabinet rank in the reshuffle. He tried to delink his resignation from the obvious disappointment over the leadership's refusal to recognise his claim. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Kamat said, "there is no question of any disappointment over the portfolio, which is in itself an important one, with concerns related to requirements of a large section of the country. The reasons are totally personal and not any defiance of the party leadership as is being made out in certain sections of the media."
He said that on Tuesday morning he had already written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi to relieve him of his ministerial responsibility. Another Minister of State Srikant Jena also made his displeasure known. Both the ministers stayed away from the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Jena said he would take up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The Odisha MP, who was Cabinet Minister in the United Front Government, has been eyeing a Cabinet rank since 2009. Though he was elevated on Tuesday from Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers to Minister of State with independent charge of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Jena is dissatisfied.
When he was first named MoS in 2009, he had refused to take oath. He was pacified by the Prime Minister and told that his interests would be protected. Jena had seen some hope then as his senior minister MK Alagiri was not interested in Delhi politics. This time, however, Jena feels that he has been sidelined with a lightweight portfolio.
He said he would highlight his seniority in politics and "views of people of Odisha" on lack of representation in the Cabinet. "It is the Prime Minister's prerogative as to whom to make minister and what assignment to give," Jena told reporters here after the announcement of the reshuffle in which he retained his portfolio and was additionally given Minister of State with independent charge of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
"In this kind of coalition, there are compulsions... I have no choice... I will perform whatever responsibility given to me by the Prime Minister," said Jena. Asked whether he had any chance of being elevated to Cabinet, he said, "In politics, no doors are closed."
To a question whether he would quit, he shot back, "Why should I quit? The question does not arise...Why should I sulk?" Jena, whose political career spanned over three decades, weathered the pro-BJD wave in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls to win the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency and was among the six Congress leaders from the state to be elected to Parliament.
Eye on polls: Cabinet reshuffle increases UP's representation
NEW DELHI: The much-awaited reshuffle of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's team on Tuesday had a clear electoral message as pollbound Uttar Pradesh saw elevations and yet another induction.
The state, facing assembly elections in mid-2012, is well represented in the Council of Ministers. Yet, Tuesday's reshuffle saw increase in UP's representation. Cabinet Minister Salman Khurshid , who earlier held Minority Affairs and Water Resources, was entrusted with the crucial Law Ministry along with Minority Affairs.
This obvious growth in stature comes at a time when the Law Ministry is handling a number of important legal cases. Apart from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, what really helped Khurshid's case was his predecessor M Veerappa Moily's dismal performance in the ministry.
Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Shukla, who hails from Kanpur, has been inducted as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs. The least of the surprises was elevation of powerful Kurmi leader and Minister of State Beni Prasad Verma as Cabinet Minister for Steel.
Verma, who was a Cabinet minister in the United Front Government in 1996, was unhappy with his minister of state rank, though he had independent charge. He had been promised an elevation when he was inducted in the Council of Ministers last year.
If ensuing UP assembly polls were a consideration in the runup to the reshuffle, Punjab received no such preference. The only representative from the state, MS Gill, whose stint as Sports Minister was marred by the CWG fiasco, was dropped. There was speculation on another Jat Sikh like Partap Singh Bajwa replacing him.
Others like Ravneet Singh Bittoo and Mohinder Singh Kaypee were also considered but never made it in the end.
The state, facing assembly elections in mid-2012, is well represented in the Council of Ministers. Yet, Tuesday's reshuffle saw increase in UP's representation. Cabinet Minister Salman Khurshid , who earlier held Minority Affairs and Water Resources, was entrusted with the crucial Law Ministry along with Minority Affairs.
This obvious growth in stature comes at a time when the Law Ministry is handling a number of important legal cases. Apart from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, what really helped Khurshid's case was his predecessor M Veerappa Moily's dismal performance in the ministry.
Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Shukla, who hails from Kanpur, has been inducted as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs. The least of the surprises was elevation of powerful Kurmi leader and Minister of State Beni Prasad Verma as Cabinet Minister for Steel.
Verma, who was a Cabinet minister in the United Front Government in 1996, was unhappy with his minister of state rank, though he had independent charge. He had been promised an elevation when he was inducted in the Council of Ministers last year.
If ensuing UP assembly polls were a consideration in the runup to the reshuffle, Punjab received no such preference. The only representative from the state, MS Gill, whose stint as Sports Minister was marred by the CWG fiasco, was dropped. There was speculation on another Jat Sikh like Partap Singh Bajwa replacing him.
Others like Ravneet Singh Bittoo and Mohinder Singh Kaypee were also considered but never made it in the end.
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Manmohan accepts Gurudas Kamat's resignation
The HinduGurudas Kamat wrote to the Prime Minister soon after Tuesday's reshuffle, saying he wanted to be relieved of his ministerial responsibility
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Gurudas Kamat, who was unhappy after being allocated the portfolio of Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation with Independent charge.
The Prime Minister forwarded Mr. Kamat's resignation letter to President Pratibha Patil, PMO sources said.
Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesman said the resignation letter has been received and necessary action will be taken.
57-year-old Mr. Kamat, a five-time MP from Mumbai, who held the portfolio of Minister of State for Home and Communications, wrote to the Prime Minister soon after Tuesday's reshuffle, saying he wanted to be relieved of his ministerial responsibility.
"This is to clarify that early this morning, I personally wrote to Honourable Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Honourable Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to relieve me from my ministerial responsibility, expressing a desire to work in the party as an active party worker," he said in a press release.
Soon after the reshuffle was announced, Mr. Kamat left for Mumbai and did not attend the ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan where the new ministers and those elevated to the Cabinet were sworn in.
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Manmohan accepts Kamat's resignation
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