Young faces to be inducted
Kashmir Scenario Exclusiveis all set
Jammu, Feb 16: In a significant political development, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to do the first expansion of her nine-month-old ministry with induction of one or two PDP members tommorow.
According to sources, the need to install more young faces is to be kept as top concern during reshuffle.
When the government was formed the arrangement between the two allies PDP and BJP resulted in PDP having a quota of 14 ministers, including the Chief Minister, while BJP has 11 ministerial berths.
Currently, PDP has 12 Ministers and BJP has 11 Ministers including, the Deputy Chief Minister and Sajjad Lone.
Sources also said, “young and dynamic faces would be inducted to make cabinet more efficient .The thrust would be also to drop elderly and non performing Minister’s”.
The guesses going around point out that PDP MLA from Amira Kadal constituency Altaf Bukhari is likely to stage a comeback. Besides Bukhari, Javid Mustafa Mir and two Ministers of State
Mohammad Ashraf Mir and Abdul Majeed Padroo, who were part of the previous government led by her father, had been dropped by her. Now it looks that tomorrow is all slated to be important Reshuffle in cabinet.
Reports said “Mehbooba is also likely to induct an MLA from South Kashmir in the ministry.
BJP had dropped Sukhnandan Choudhary. The state can have a maximum of 25 ministers