ITANAGAR, Oct 27: Suddenly the epicentre of political activities has shifted from Itanagar to New Delhi. As of now, the national capital is heating up with the advent of more and more ruling party legislators hoping to secure a Cabinet berth.
While, officially Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu is alone at Delhi to finalize the list of his Cabinet members, unofficially several top State Congress leaders have tagged along with him. According to sources, Khandu has already met senior leader and AICC general secretary in-charge of Arunachal Pradesh V. Narayanswamy, and submitted a list of names to be inducted in his new cabinet team. However, the list is to yet to get the final approval from AICC president Sonia Gandhi. Sources said, the entire exercise is likely to be completed in the next 48 hours.
Meanwhile, another source from Guwahati informed The Sentinel Arunachal that this morning about 20 legislators landed at Guwahati en-route to Delhi. The temporary but frequent exodus to Delhi hasn’t surprised many as, another source adds from New Delh that it may be because, allegedly a few young Turks, besides some second timers are trying to use all means to secure berths in the cabinet. The source without divulging much also alleged that money worth crores of rupees were on offer in return for a Cabinet berth. However, party insiders have rejected the allegation as false and ill-intended. When contacted, APCC Chairman of the Public Grievance Cell, Hariyom Bam refused to comment and suggested to get the truth from the horse’s mouth.
BJP spokesperson Tai Tagak, while eluding the ‘money-on-offer’ issue, urged the legislators to keep the State’s interest in mind before indulging in corrupt games. While maintaining that it is the prerogative of the Chief Minister to decide on composition of the Cabinet, Tagak said, “Capable and competent persons need to hold key portfolios besides giving adequate representation to all the districts.” He, however, added that it was an internal matter of the Congress and the party leaders would decide on it. THE SENTINEL
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