Mufti does balancing act, now it's time to deliver_1761

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"Now that he has the full team in place,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login,爐he mufti's爂overnment爏hould start playing the match,"燼 political observer remarked. Since the government took office爋n November 2,爉uch of its爓ork has remained pending.
The remote Ladakh region has two Cabinet ministers爁or the first time since 1947.燛ight independents becoming ministers is also a first of its kind.
Sayeed has tried to apply his much vaunted 'healing touch'爐o keep his flock of supporters爐ogether. That is why as many as eight independents燼nd?0 Congress legislators have got爌lum portfolios.
"My Cabinet will not be subordinate to the bureaucracy," the mufti said in Jammu after the swearing-in ceremony. "The final decisions will be taken by the state Cabinet and not be dictated by the bureaucracy. My Cabinet has a galaxy of political minds."
Sayeed's fine balancing act is clear in the composition of individual ministries too. If a major ministry is headed by a member of his People's Democratic Party, he will have a junior minister from the ranks of the Congress or the independents爐o assist him, and vice-versa. For instance,爓hile the爌ublic works department is with燤adan Lal Sharma of the Congress, his爉inister of state is燗bdul Rehman Veeri of the PDP.
Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar 
   January  16, 2003 02:01 IST
Mufti does a balancing act, now it's time to deliver
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Mufti does balancing act, now it's time to deliver
The mufti said he was pursuing an agenda of restoration of peace,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, good governance and socio-economic development.
"Though the爊umber of ministers爄s now 29, which is爐he number燜arooq Abdullah had,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login,爐he燾omplexion of the new ministry proves the skill with which Sayeed has tried to accommodate regional, political and party aspirations,"燤ohammad Sultan, a local Congress politician, said.
"Now that the much-awaited Cabinet expansion has been effected, Sayeed's government must燿eliver on its lofty promises of clean administration, transparent governance and, above all, the proverbial healing touch," said Abdul Rashid, a college lecturer. "Otherwise poverty has been such a curse in Kashmir that everybody coming to power concentrates on removing it immediately from his own home."
Even the best balancing act leaves the rope swinging precariously, a senior journalist in Srinagar quipped,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, referring to the recent Cabinet expansion by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.