New Delhi, July 13: Fed up with SC drubbing the govt left, right & centre on one issue after another, UPA replaces Veerappa Moily with Salman Khurshid in law ministry. But livid Moily won’t go silently THE UPA government on Tuesday replaced M. Veerappa Moily with Salman Khurshid as Union law minister in a bid to find a stable successor who could be as effective as veteran Congress leader H. R. Bhardwaj.
But Moily blamed the decision to shunt him out of the law ministry on “ a campaign by vested interests” and the fact that the fault of administrative ministries was wrongly sought to be attributed to him.
S. M. KRISHNA, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER
The suave and sophisticated minister is prone to gaffes at international fora and has not been able to present India’s case successfully
VIRBHADRA SINGH, MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM INDUSTRIES MINISTER
The Union minister is more focused on his home state of Himachal Pradesh.
Has been unable to initiate any policies for resurrecting the micro, small and medium industries Congress the have getting cabinet for him Kishore raj party loyalists Rajasekhara Hyderabad
GHULAM NABI AZAD, HEALTH MINISTER
The dapper minister, besides his controversial comment on gays last week, has been largely unsuccessful in implementing the National Rural Health Mission, earning the PAC’s wrath
NCP of SUSHIL KUMAR SHINDE, POWER MINISTER
Another non- performer under whom the creation of a new power generation capacity consistently fell short of target by 50 year after year in UPA- I. His performance has also been dismal in his second innings
SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL, COAL MINISTER
He only hit the headlines for locking horns with outgoing environment minister Jairam Ramesh over areas in which mining could be carried out. He hasn’t brought any path- breaking changes to his ministry
VAYALAR RAVI, OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS & CIVIL AVIATION
The Kerala veteran took additional charge of civil aviation when Praful Patel was shunted out in the last reshuffle, but was unable to deal with national carrier Air India’s financial crisis
SUBODH KANT SAHAY, TOURISM MINISTER
He has not taken an active role in promoting tourism.In fact, some are of the opinion that the film industry does a far better job than him home Pradesh.
initiate resurrecting small
C. P. JOSHI, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS MINISTER
The minister has had a largely lacklustre performance with no major projects implemented. He is often criticised for lacking innovation and drive
SHARAD PAWAR, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES MINISTER
The unofficial cricket minister, ICC president and NCP chief presided over the sugar crisis & the rotting foodgrain when he was food minister