Premier Reshuffles His Cabinet Amid Scandals
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Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee reshuffled his Cabinet in an effort to burnish the government’s image and speed up economic reforms.
Vajpayee’s coalition is reeling from a series of scandals, ranging from the resignation of his defense minister amid accusations of corruption to revelations of stock-market rigging.
“In 2 1/2 years, we took into account the performance of the ministers and then reshuffled them,” Vajpayee said.
But Vajpayee left Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha untouched despite opposition calls for his resignation after major losses at the country’s largest state-run mutual funds management agency.
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