Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who had a four-hour-long marathon meeting on Monday, deferred their scheduled meeting on Tuesday morning on finalisation of portfolios for Congress nominees, party sources said.
There was no official word on when the two leaders will be meeting.
Within the Congress there has been jockeying for plum portfolios among those already inducted and those yet to be named to join the ministry.
The slow and zealously guarded decision process in the Congress has caused deep anxiety in the top echelons of the party and its allies with almost everyone, barring the six whose portfolios have been announced, waiting for that elusive phone call informing them of their fate.
While the arrangement with allies has been reached — the Trinamool Congress though has asked for one more berth of Minister of State — the problem for the Congress is now within. There is a clamour among Lok Sabha MPs for adequate regional representation. This has delayed decision making, even raising doubts about Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony. Wednesday also seems unlikely given that it is the death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Source: Express India
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