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MUMBAI: Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray may soon reshuffle his cabinet, particularly the Congress ministers following a plea by the party. A Congress minister told TOI on Tuesday said the AICC has proposed a reshuffle among Congress cabinet members. “It has been proposed to drop two cabinet members and induct two new ministers in their place,” he said.
The Congress minister said the AICC recently took a review of the performance of all the Congress cabinet members and felt it was time to drop non-performing ministers. “It was felt that some Congress cabinet members were not visible during the pandemic. Congress has already prepared the list of ministers who will be dropped. All will depend on the availability of the CM and the governor for the purpose,” the minister said.
Secondly, the minister said the AICC is keen on early elections for the speaker’s post which was earlier held by Congress’ Nana Patole, who has been appointed as state party president. Patole is keen that he is inducted into the state cabinet, the minister said. “Senior AICC leaders Malikarjun Kharge and H K Patil, who were in Mumbai, discussed the political situation and the possibility of a small reshuffle,” he said.
The minister said it has been proposed that instead of holding a secret ballot for the speaker’s election, the election should be held by raising of hands so that there is no scope for cross-voting.
The Congress minister said the AICC recently took a review of the performance of all the Congress cabinet members and felt it was time to drop non-performing ministers. “It was felt that some Congress cabinet members were not visible during the pandemic. Congress has already prepared the list of ministers who will be dropped. All will depend on the availability of the CM and the governor for the purpose,” the minister said.
Secondly, the minister said the AICC is keen on early elections for the speaker’s post which was earlier held by Congress’ Nana Patole, who has been appointed as state party president. Patole is keen that he is inducted into the state cabinet, the minister said. “Senior AICC leaders Malikarjun Kharge and H K Patil, who were in Mumbai, discussed the political situation and the possibility of a small reshuffle,” he said.
The minister said it has been proposed that instead of holding a secret ballot for the speaker’s election, the election should be held by raising of hands so that there is no scope for cross-voting.
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