Eye on UPA Cabinet,BJP rebel Munde talks with Congress

Even as the Congress keeps an 'open mind' on Munde,he is said to have demanded a cabinet portfolio.

Written by Express News Service
New Delhi | June 22, 2011 02:03 AM IST

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Rebel BJP leader from Maharashtra Gopinath Munde is learnt to be engaged in hectic negotiations with the Congress. Munde,who arrived here from Mumbai tonight,is said to have asked for a Cabinet portfolio at the Centre.

Talks are on and sources said the Congress has a very open mind on his entry. Giving him a Cabinet portfolio is learnt to have been discussed at the highest level.

The Congress is eager to welcome Munde,seeing him as a counterweight to NCPs Chhagan Bhujbal. Besides,the defection of a senior BJP leader could be a shot in the arm for the firefighting Congress.

The BJP leadership is learnt to be disinclined to engage with Munde anymore and prefers to wait and watch for his next move.

Munde is sulking for being snubbed by party chief Nitin Gadkari over the appointment of the Pune city unit chief.

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