KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee wants to include Congress and SUCI in her cabinet, but the Congress high command in Delhi is said to prefer supporting the government from outside.
The state Congress unit, too, is in no mood to join the cabinet after the big mandate that Trinamool got, realising that it would be restricted to a couple of ministries and is unlikely to get any plum portfolios. Also, if the Congress stays outside it can be critical of the government on the issues the allies do not agree on.
With Mamata having decided to keep the health, education, industries and home portfolios, her preference for finance minister is former Ficci secretary general Amit Mitra. But Manish Gupta — who defeated Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee — could also claim the finance portfolio. Important departments could go to people with experience in administration, like Manish Gupta.
Playwright Bratya Basu, who crushed CPM bigwig Gautam Deb, could now ask for his favourite portfolio of culture and information with greater confidence.
The state Congress unit, too, is in no mood to join the cabinet after the big mandate that Trinamool got, realising that it would be restricted to a couple of ministries and is unlikely to get any plum portfolios. Also, if the Congress stays outside it can be critical of the government on the issues the allies do not agree on.
With Mamata having decided to keep the health, education, industries and home portfolios, her preference for finance minister is former Ficci secretary general Amit Mitra. But Manish Gupta — who defeated Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee — could also claim the finance portfolio. Important departments could go to people with experience in administration, like Manish Gupta.
Playwright Bratya Basu, who crushed CPM bigwig Gautam Deb, could now ask for his favourite portfolio of culture and information with greater confidence.
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