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Cabinet reshuffle before winter session of Parliament: PM | The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday said he would consider a cabinet reshuffle before the winter session of Parliament due to begin on November 7. Talking to a group of editors at his residence here, Dr. Singh
made it clear that he was not thinking of retiring and indicated that he would
look at options of a Cabinet reshuffle. "I would also like to reduce the average
age of my cabinet," he added. However, it was necessary for the Cabinet and the
government to function with a certain degree of cohesion, and his Cabinet had
functioned with a much greater degree of cohesion than even the first Cabinet
headed by Jawaharlal Nehru," he said. On the recent differences expressed publicly
between senior members of the Congress, he said he would give no guarantees about
shutting up "every colleague in my cabinet." He also said that he was not aware
of any disconnect between the Congress party and the government. Talking about
the naxal problem, Dr. Singh said: "There are no quick fixes" to the Naxal problem.
He said valid economic and social issues have to be addressed, but law and order
has to also be enforced. He also backed Union Home Minister P Chidambaram for
doing a good job in handling the Maoist menace. On the issue of Kashmir, Dr. Singh
said: "A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security is being called shortly
to discuss the situation in the Kashmir Valley . "Also the centre and the Jammu
and Kashmir government are looking out for options to address the concerns of
the Kashmiris," he added. Reacting to the Supreme Court's order that rotting foodgrains
should be distributed to the poor, he felt the Supreme Court should not get into
the realm of policy formulation. His comment was made in the context of the Supreme Court's order that excess grain should be given away to poor families. |
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