Sukh Ram reinduction in Cabinet ruled out

SHIMLA, APRIL 20. The Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. Prem Kumar Dhumal, today ruled out the reinduction of former Union Minister, Mr. Sukh Ram in his Cabinet and said he would not take a hasty decision on reconstituting his Ministry, whose members resigned yesterday.

Replying to a question from reporters here, Mr. Dhumal said there was no possibility of taking back Mr. Sukh Ram, chief of BJP's coalition partner, Himachal Vikas Party.

``The circumstances under which Mr. Sukh Ram had resigned from the Cabinet still exist and there is no change in the situation,'' he said in an apparent reference to filing of chargesheet against the HVC supremo in the telecom scam in April 1998.

He told reporters that he would weigh the pros and cons of the resignation of the Ministers before recasting his Ministry.

The Chief Minister admitted he had received the resignations of all Ministers including the two HVC Ministers and nominated chairpersons of State-owned boards and corporations but said he had not so far given a thought over it.

- PTI

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