TRS out, it's time for a new Cabinet

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New Delhi: With the exit of two TRS ministers and the Pathak Inquiry report indicting Natwar Singh in Iraqi oil scam, the talk of an early Cabinet reshuffle has gained ground.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who holds the key External Affairs portfolio, had indicated while returning from St Petersburg last month there could be a full time Foreign Minister soon.

The names of senior ministers Kapil Sibal and P Chidambaram as also senior Congress leader Karan Singh and Maharashtra governor S M Krishna are doing the rounds to head the External Affairs Ministry.

With TRS leaving the government and UPA, the Prime Minister would have to fill the slots of Labour Minister and minister of state for Rural Development following the resignation of K Chandrashekhar Rao his party colleague A Narendra.

RJD also could nominate one minister of state in view of the resignation of Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav.

The reshuffle exercise could gain momentum after the conclusion of monsoon session of Parliament on August 25.