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Cong-NCP Likely To Renegotiate Portfolio Sharing if Voted Back to Power
October 16, 2009 Visionmp.com news service
In case of returning to power, Congress and NCP in Maharashtra might go for renegotiation of the formula for sharing ministerial berths. The assembly elections were held last week in the state.
Right from the start, when the combine came to the power in 1999, Congress-NCP followed a formula of minister berth sharing that predecessor Shiv Sena-BJP alliance had.
So, all the portfolios handled by the Sena were taken by the Congress and those held by BJP by NCP.
After ten years of allowing key portfolios like home, finance and power among others to be handled by the NCP, the Lok Sabha election success in May this year has prompted the Congress to rethink the allocation of ministries in the state.
Only last week, a senior union minister, while interacting with media, had said that the Congress committed a mistake by allowing NCP to occupy important ministries.
“In 2004, we had to part with two cabinet berths to keep the chief minister’s post when the NCP got just two more seats than us. A chief minister without key departments like home and finance will be on a weak footing,” the minister said on the condition of anonymity.
The results of Maharashtra Assembly polls will be announced on October 22.
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