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Cabinet reshuffle talks to continue: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram, July 30: Talks are progressing on the proposed cabinet reshuffle, said Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who returned from Delhi on Tuesday.
"Now we will speak with the allies of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) here and once that is over, then the discussions with some allies will take place in Delhi," said Chandy.
Chandy
and
state
party
president
Ramesh
Chennithala
were
in
Delhi
for
the
past
two
days
and
each
of
them
held
closed-door
meetings
with
top
party
leaders
as
they
have
not
been
able
to
resolve
the
issue
of
Chennithala's
likely
entry
into
the
cabinet.
The dispute is on the portfolio that Chennithala should be given. The Chandy faction does not want Chennithala to get the prized home portfolio, while Chennithala and his faction have decided not to settle for anything less than home.
While Chennithala is in Delhi, Chandy air dashed to the state capital to preside over a meeting of the parliament members from the state and is expected to go to Delhi Wednesday.
Over the years, the Congress party has been deeply divided between the top leaders with Karunakaran-Antony factions holding centre stage for close to three decades.
After Karunakaran's clout weakened and Antony moved on to the centre, Chandy's was the last word in the Congress politics in the state for a few years till 2010 when the erstwhile Karunakaran faction and a few disgruntled leaders of the Chandy faction united under Chennithala.
"There are some issues in the party here which are being thrashed out with the help of the party high command. As both Chandy and Chennithala are disciplined party leaders, all issues will come to their logical conclusion in the coming few days and all will abide by the directives of the party high command," said newly appointed Congress spokesperson Rajmohan Unnithan.
An earlier plan of Chandy to accommodate Chennithala as the deputy chief minister was shot down by the second biggest ally of the UDF, the Indian Union Muslim League, which on two previous occasions held the post of the deputy chief minister.
IANS
