MALDA, 25 MAY: The Congress leadership of Malda district, including the South Malda MP Mr AH Khan Choudhury, are camping in New Delhi for a ministerial berth but nothing has come their way so far.
The district Congress leadership is sharply divided between support for Mr AH Khan Choudhury and his niece, the North Malda MP Miss Mausam Noor. The Malda based Congress are hopeful that Mr Khan Choudhury would finally get a minister of state berth.
“Three MPs, including Mr Khan Choudhury, are in the race for a ministerial berth. Mrs Deepa Das Munshi, who won from Raiganj, and Mr Adhir Chowdhury are also contenders,” said the English Bazaar MLA Mr Krishnendu Choudhury, who is in New Delhi.
“Since Mr Pranab Mukherjee has been made the finance minister, West Bengal would get one more Union minister of state. We have approached senior party leaders here to consider Mr AH Khan Choudhury's candidature as a minister of state and hope he would be selected,” the MLA added.
According to the MLA, there is a slim chance that Miss Mausam Noor will be elevated to ministerial status. He cited as evidence a meeting held by the Congress general secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi asking young MPs, including Miss Noor, to gather more experience about the Parliamentary system and the organization.
“The young MPs have been asked to look after the party's youth and student wings to strengthen the organisation and the party across the country,” he said. ;sns
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