Cabinet reshuffle is a damp squib: bjp

THE REMOVAL OF RAMESH FROM THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY MARKS THE VICTORY OF VESTED CORPORATE LOBBY. THIS ACTION OF THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD DESERVE AN HONEST CLARIFICATION’RAJIV PRATAP RUDY BJP

LEADER NEW DELHI The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) described Tuesdays cabinet reshuffle as a d& squib and said it showed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not interested

in fighting corruption. The prime ministers much- acclaimed and awaited reshuffle has proved to be a d& squib, BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said. It is a futile exercise which inspires

no one and no way dispels the gloom shadowing the embattled UPA government, Rudy said. The BJP leader also described it as a wasted exercise and said the government is destined to sink. It

is a wasted exercise which unreservedly attests that we have a dysfunctional government which is destined to sink, Rudy said. He said that with Jairam Ramesh being moved out of the

environment ministry was evidence of the corporate lobby winning its battle against him. The removal of Jairam marks the victory of vested corporate lobby. This action of the prime minister

would deserve an honest clarification, he added. Party spokesperson MP, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain blamed the Congress government of protecting the corrupt. The reshuffle makes it evident that

the prime minister is not interested in fighting corruption, we were expecting the prime minister will sideline the corrupt through this reshuffle, Hussain told reporters. The finance

minister at the time of the 2G scam, and present home minister ( P Chidambaram) who is as guilty as Raja ( jailed former telecom minister), present human resource development minister (

Kapil Sibal), who downplayed the loss of 2G scam they were allowed to continue in the cabinet, he said. The prime minister has earlier admitted being helpless before coalition politics, this

time he was helpless in front of Sonia Gandhi, he added. The reshuffle of Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs council of ministers Tuesday saw changes in some major portfolios with Salman

Khursheed taking over law and Dinesh Trivedi railways.