Lucknow: With elections knocking at the doors, UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is preparing to go in for another cabinet reshuffle – one that will help solve caste equations in the upcoming assembly elections.
The chief minister met UP Governor Ram Naik in this regard on Tuesday and the cabinet reshuffle is likely to take place in the coming days. If sources are to be believed, former RLD MP Jayant Chaudhary is expected to be made a cabinet minister in order to seal an alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal. Mr Jayant Chaudhary, at present, is not a member of the state legislature and can remain minister for a period of six months.
The two parties have been in touch with each other for the past one month but RLD President Chaudhary Ajit Singh refused to accept the SP condition for a merger of his party into the SP.
However, RLD MLAs voted for SP candidates in the recent Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Parishad elections. The Samajwadi Party now feels that if not a merger, it should at least cement its friendship with the RLD.
