CM eyes Cabinet reshuffle in August

With the bypoll campaigns out of the way, the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, will now concentrate on the much-awaited Cabinet reshuffle and is likely to visit Delhi to discuss the issue with the party high command in the first week of August.

Mr Rosaiah, who was in Delhi on Monday, had a brief chat with Union law minister and Congress affairs in-charge, Mr Veerappa Moily, in the central hall of Parliament.

Sources said Mr Moily asked Mr Rosaiah about the Cabinet reshuffle proposal and the latter apparently told him that he would be back in August to discuss the issue. The Chief Minister also told Mr Moily that he would have to wait for the outcome of the bypolls in Telangana to complete the reshuffle.

The Chief Minister, who has been monitoring the by-poll situation almost on a day-to-day basis, was hopeful of “some remarkable gains” in favour of the Congress. Though Mr Rosaiah could not participate in the campaign on account of being a non-local, he, however, regularly spoke to leaders and ministers in-charge of the respective segments including arranging financial support for candidates.

The much-talked about and much-awaited Cabinet reshuffle has been postponed a number of times due to unavoidable political exigencies but with municipal elections likely to be delayed beyond September and the bypolls coming to a close, sources indicated that Mr Rosaiah will, this time, definitely go for the reshuffle.

Keeping the by-poll results in mind, which will be known on July 30, the Chief Minister will modify the proposals and then approach the party high command for a favourable nod in August.