Murli Deora offers to quit amid reshuffle buzz

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 05, 2011, 22:36

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Murli Deora offers to quit amid reshuffle buzz

New Delhi: Minister of Corporate Affairs Murli Deora has offered to resign ahead of talk of a possible Cabinet reshuffle.

Deora, 74, said he has submitted his resignation and sought to dismiss reports that he has asked for his son Milind Deora's inclusion in the Council of Ministers.

"Yes, I have offered to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to step down from the Union Council of Ministers... Have not asked for anything more... It is not a sudden decision," Deora said.

Deora, however, clarified that he hasn't resigned yet and had offered to relinquish charge of the Corporate Affairs Ministry "orally" to Gandhi a few weeks back.

It wasn't known what Gandhi's reaction was.

"I have the satisfaction of completing a full five-year stint as Union Minister and so now I thought it will be appropriate to step down," he said without elaborating.

There is talk of a Cabinet reshuffle after President Pratibha Patil's return from her sojourn in Hyderabad on July 8.

PTI

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First Published: Tuesday, July 05, 2011, 22:36

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spkothari - kolkata
sir, why u want to resign as till nobody resign in their respective work in policts is till the end of life but they dont resign . as in india people known very well that u r great friend of reliance , u must stay and fight for them .

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charan - mumbai
one of the most arrogant ministers, didn`t care for the common man. under his charge of the oil & petroleum ministry, corruption reached astronomical levels, second only to telecom. the skeletons from cag audit are coming out now.

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Krishan K Arora - New York
arrogant ministers like murli deora must have actually been fired long time ago and i dont know as to why the congress leadership and the pm kept tolerating such ministers who always behaved like a born king. he is not good to think for the common man.

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LAL CHAND JAIN - MUMBAI
it is welcome for the resignation of senior deora to accommodate his yournger son and giving a chance to younger generation. in indian union cabinet average should not exceed 50 then only indian go forward with dynamic, young, energetic leaders. let us hope good for the country.

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LAL CHAND JAIN - MUMBAI
really it is welcome the resignation of senior deora

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Chamachagiri in congress dynasty - USA
why does his son be made a mom just because this skumbag is resigning?

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Ak Mohan - Bangalore
yeah the whole country is owned by these politicians ... it is for them and their kins to loot! and rahul gandhi goes to the town asking youth to join the rot!

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milindwagh - vadodara
the unhappy public of idia wants more and more such resignations at the earliest to get rid of them and their behavioral attitude and the language they are talking .

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P.P. TALWAR - India
in a calculative move, a sesoned politician murli deora has submitted his resignation as a corporate affairs minister, creating ground for his son milind deora to be appointed as mos in he coming cabinet reshuufle by the pm dr manmohan singh.