By IANS,
New Delhi: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday described as a “damp squib” the cabinet reshuffle that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected.
“The prime minister’s much-acclaimed and awaited reshuffle has proven to be a damp squib,” BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy told IANS.
“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.
The reshuffle of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s council of ministers Tuesday saw changes in some major portfolios with Salman Khursheed taking over law and Dinesh Trivedi railways. New inductee Jayanthi Natarajan was appointed the environment minister.