Kapil Sibal, minister, human resource development has been given the additional charge of the telecom ministry. Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh handed over the telecom portfolio to Sibal in a move that takes away the ministry from the DMK at least for the moment.
Normally, a reshuffle of the council of ministers is not undertaken during a Parliament session. Commenting on his additional charge, Sibal said that working with any ministry is a challenge and decisions should be taken after proper thinking.
In response to this move, DMK parliamentary party leader T.R. Baalu said party chief M Karunanidhi has not yet decided on a successor to A. Raja and suggested that Sibal getting telecom as additional charge could be a stop-gap arrangement.
