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Cabinet reshuffle on the cards

New Delhi Aug. 23. Top BJP leaders at a meeting here this evening are believed to have discussed a minor Cabinet reshuffle.

The meeting at the residence of the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, was attended among others by the Deputy Prime Minister, L. K. Advani, the Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh, and the party president, M. Venkaiah Naidu.

While Mr. Naidu declined to comment on the meeting, party sources indicated that a minor reshuffle-cum-expansion was on the cards.

The Trinamool Congress leader, Mamata Banerjee, who was present at Mr. Vajpayee's residence during the meeting, told reporters that she did not attend the meeting and had merely gone to invite the Prime Minister's family for "Durga Puja."

``No news,'' she said when asked by reporters whether she had any good news (about her induction).

Besides, Ms. Banerjee, speculation is rife about the possible induction of the BJP Chief Whip in Parliament, V. K. Malhotra, in the Cabinet.Mr. Malhotra is now the Chairman of the National Sports Council of India and enjoys Cabinet status.— PTI

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