Uttarakhand: These faces may get lucky in Dhami cabinet, MLAs camped in Delhi
Discussions about the expansion of the Dhami cabinet in Uttarakhand have intensified. There is speculation in the political corridors about who will get the lottery as a cabinet minister. After the departure of Finance Minister Premchand Agarwal from the cabinet, now five seats in the Dhami cabinet have become vacant.
Hope rises in the minds of the youth
A total of 12 seats including the Chief Minister can be placed in the cabinet in Uttarakhand. While more than a dozen MLAs are eyeing the vacant seats, there are reports of some factions also becoming active. Amidst the news of the expansion of the Dhami cabinet, now the young and old MLAs in the BJP have hoped that the lottery will be hit for different reasons. While on one hand the young MLAs are hoping that being the young Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami will give more importance to the youth, on the other hand, the leaders who have been becoming MLAs for many times are hopeful that the organization will definitely advocate for them in view of their experience.
These faces may hit the jackpot
At the same time, speculations are being made in the political corridors about the names to be included in the cabinet. These names include Madan Kaushik, Vinod Chamoli, Bishan Singh Chuphal, Khajan Das, Banshidhar Bhagat, Munna Singh Chauhan and Arvind Pandey.
No hustle and bustle seen in BJP headquarters
It is generally believed that as soon as there is a buzz about cabinet expansion, the party MLAs rush to the state headquarters, but this time it is not seen in BJP. The situation is such that there is no hustle and bustle in the BJP headquarters in Dehradun. Work is going on in the office like normal days. Spokespersons and other officials of the organization are sitting in their respective rooms.
Lobbying of many MLAs started in Delhi
At the same time, there are reports that even though there is no movement of BJP MLAs in Dehradun, BJP MLAs have camped in Delhi Darbar. Many BJP MLAs have also started trying to send slips with their names to the party high command through their ‘Godfathers’.
Cabinet expansion will not be easy
This time the cabinet expansion is not going to be easy for both the government and the organization. Both the party and the government are having to brainstorm about the cabinet expansion. Actually this time the party and the government will have to manage the political and social equations as well as control the resentment arising from the Premchand Agarwal case. This is the reason why there will be more emphasis on giving a chance to MLAs with a clean image in the cabinet expansion. Because if a tainted MLA is given a position in the cabinet, the resentment may increase further.
