Assam CM Likely To Reshuffle Cabinet

Tarun Gogoi has directed his Cabinet colleagues to improve their performance within the next two months. Gogoi has reportedly made it clear that the ministers failing to live up to his expectations will have their wings clipped. There are indications that some important departments held by non-performing ministers might be allotted to principal parliamentary secretaries. The Assam Government is expected to appoint principal parliamentary secretaries and parliamentary secretaries before the New Near.

The Congress-led Assam Government will most likely appoint principal parliamentary secretaries and parliamentary secretaries after December 2001 or before the New Near. For that to happen, the State Government will have to amend the act related to appointment of principal parliamentary secretaries and parliamentary secretaries. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is expected to place the proposal for appointment of principal parliamentary secretaries and parliamentary secretaries in the winter session of the State Assembly which will be held either in November or in December. A number of senior Congress MLAs who have not been included in Gogoi Council of Ministers have started lobbying with the party leadership for appointment as principal parliamentary secretaries and parliamentary secretaries. On the other hand, the Chief Minister has issued strict instructions to his Cabinet ministers that they should really perform within the next two months. The Gogoi Government has already completed 100 days. This is Gogoi’s third consecutive term in office as the State Chief Minister. He is said to be unhappy with the failure of some of his ministerial colleagues to deliver the goods. Gogoi is even considering taking some important portfolios away from non-performing ministers and allotting them to principal parliamentary secretaries.

-NE