The interaction, which lasted for more than an hour, revolved around a possible state cabinet reshuffle, the implementational progress on proposals/MoUs for investment received at the Rising Rajasthan Global Investors summit last year, and progress on various Centre funded or launched welfare schemes - programmes, official sources said.
In a minor cabinet reshuffle, the Chief Minister reallocated the portfolios of Duraimurugan and Law and Prisons Minister S Regupathy.
Speculation is rife in Bengaluru that there could be some changes in the party's organisational structure as the Congress government in Karnataka nears completing its halfway mark, if conversations in the party are any indication.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling DMK President MK Stalin said on Saturday that there would be a change in his council of ministers, once again lending credence to reports of the impending elevation of his son and sports and youth welfare minister, Udhyanidhi Stalin, as his deputy in the government.
He was responding to a query from the media at Chennai airport before leaving for the US on a 17-day investment scouting visit. Asked whether there would be a ministerial rejig on his return, the Chief Minister was candid enough to hint that it was very much a possibility.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at the newly renovated Pragati Maidan' convention centre, sources aware of developments said.
In a major Cabinet reshuffle, Arjun Ram Meghwal has replaced Kiren Rijiju as the Union and Justice Minister, a communique from President's Secretariat said on Thursday.
The Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha, five-time MLA from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s home district of Ganjam, cited personal reasons for resigning from the post.
Leaders of some opposition parties like the AIADMK criticised the decision to bring the CM's son into the Cabinet and decried the attempt to perpetuate dynastic politics.
Sources hinted that the CM might herself hold the finance portfolio and there are strong indications that Mamata Banerjee's most trusted Chandrima Bhattacharya might be given the MoS rank in the finance department.
