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| Allies bargain hard for plum portfo |
| Allies bargain hard for plum portfolios, PM-Prez meet deferred
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| INDIA
, 21-May-2009
6:26:52 AM |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday deferred a meeting with President Pratibha Patil as pulls and pressures continued on government formation with Trinamool Congress and DMK, two major pre-poll constituents of the UPA, demanding plum portfolios and more ministries.
With Singh set to be sworn in tomorrow for the second term, Congress negotiators led by senior leader Pranab Mukherjee are grappling with the issue.
A meeting slated this morning between Singh and the President on government formation was deferred apparently because the list of the Council of Ministers was yet to be finalised.
Indications are that Mukherjee is likely to get Finance portfolio while P Chidambaram and A K Antony are expected to retain Home and Defence respectively.
Among the probable names doing rounds for some of the key ministries are Kapil Sibal for Human Resource Development replacing Arjun Singh, who is likely to be accommodated in a gubernatorial post.
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