Pranab Mukherjee gets Finance, Mamata Railways    Delhi, May 23, 2009 (PTI) S M Krishna was today made the new External Affairs Minister and Mamata Banerjee given Railways in partial allocation of portfolios by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has retained veterans Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram in Finance and Home Ministries respectively. A K Antony stays in Defence and Sharad Pawar Agriculture Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, portfolios they had handled in the previous UPA government  Singh, who had taken 19 ministers in his new Cabinet, had told reporters at the Rashtrapati Bhawan yesterday that portfolio distribution would take two-three days. However, surprisingly the limited allocation of portfolios was announced by the Rashtrapati Bhawan today on the advice of the Prime Minister, who preferred to get down to business and distributed ministries on which there are apparently no no differences. Portfolios for Ministers including Kamal Nath, Kapil Sibal, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jaipal Reddy, Anand Sharma and new entrants like Veerappa Moily and C P Joshi are yet to be announced. PTI.

Dr. Manmohan  Singh, Prime Minister      Mamata Banerjee given Railways

Lok Sabha Election 2009 gives Congress and UPA a clear mandate   New Delhi May 16, 2009: The Indian National Congress and its allies stormed back to  power in the Lok Sabha on Saturday as the country’s voters decisively  indicated their preference for a stable government in New Delhi. Manmohan  Singh, who is set to be Prime Minister again, said: “The people of India  have spoken, and spoken with great clarity.”   At the end of the day the Congress and its working allies in the United Progressive Alliance were within shouting distance of a majority. The allies are the Nationalist Congress Party, the All India Trinamool Congress, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the National Conference and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.    Congress president Sonia Gandhi was quick to dispel any doubts about Dr. Manmohan Singh being the choice as the next Prime Minister.    BJP, that led the National Democratic Alliance, came a distant second. The Left-led Third Front saw its fortunes vastly diminished, including in its traditional strongholds in Kerala and West Bengal. Of the constituents of the Fourth Front, only the Samajwadi Party managed to notch up an honourable tally. Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Jan Shakti Party suffered embarrassing defeats. Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party, which had hoped to play kingmaker in the new government formation, was stopped in its tracks as both the Congress and the BJP did surprisingly well in Uttar Pradesh.    The clean verdict spared the Congress, as well as others, the agony of a spell of horse-trading and bargaining for portfolios.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi was quick to dispel any doubts about Dr.  Manmohan Singh being the choice as the next Prime Minister.

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