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Opposition criticises CM for giving cabinet rank to MLAs
Dehra Dun, Oct 12: The opposition BJP in Uttaranchal today accused Chief Minister N D Tiwari of `distributing` chairmanships of government corporations with cabinet ranks `like sweets` to Congress MLAs in a bid to ward off dissension in the ruling party.
Dehra Dun, Oct 12: The opposition BJP in Uttaranchal
today accused Chief Minister N D Tiwari of "distributing"
chairmanships of government corporations with cabinet ranks
"like sweets" to Congress MLAs in a bid to ward off dissension
in the ruling party.
"It seems he is feeling insecure. The Chief Minister is
distributing ministerial berths like revaris (sweets) among
Congress MLAs to keep the flock together," state BJP president
and former chief minister, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari alleged.
Amidst reports that a group of disgruntled Congress MLAs
were planning to join hands with BJP, Tiwari on Friday made 10
party MLAs chairmen of various government corporations with
cabinet rank. Within 24 hours he included five more names in
the list taking the total number of Congress MLAs enjoying
ministerial status to 34 in a 70-member assembly.
NCP state president Suryakant Dhasmana also criticised
the move of Tiwari as "an effort to save his unstable
government."
"In Delhi, only 10 per cent of MLAs have been given
ministerial berths. But in a new state like Uttaranchal, the
Congress is heralding a new tradition with cent per cent MLAs
being accorded ministerial berths," he alleged.
Lone NCP MLA Balbir Singh Negi and an independent Gangan Singh Rajwar had joined Congress yesterday apparently on the promise of getting ministerial berths.
Bureau Report
Lone NCP MLA Balbir Singh Negi and an independent Gangan Singh Rajwar had joined Congress yesterday apparently on the promise of getting ministerial berths.
Bureau Report