Is Renuka Blocking Purandeswari Growth?
posted on Mar 20, 2012 @ 5:30PM
According to highly placed sources, central human resources minister of state D Purandeswari has nothing much on hand to do nowadays. Union HR Minister Kapil Sibal's working style is said to be the reason behind her idleness.
Earlier when Arjun Singh headed the HR ministry, Purandeswari was in full command over the ministry as most of the time Arjun Singh was not keeping good health. She was quite active at that time and took entire responsibilty of the department. As HR state minister, she toured in over 50 foreign countries and gave lectures. She was applauded by many a foreign dignitaries for her speeches. Even Sonia Gandhi too was an admirer of her. Later on when Kapil Sibal took over as HR minister, he started looking after the ministry affairs in his own way. He limited Purandeswari's activities to just a couple of departments under the HR ministry. He didn't even send her on foreign trips in recent times.
It is heard in Delhi circles that Kapil Sibal has done this on behest of Renuka Chowdhari, who also hails from AP and is considered close to the Union Minister.
The grapevine is that Renuka has put a check to stymie Purandeswari's growth on international level. What is more interesting is that, Purandeswari is maintaining a stoic attitude towards Renuka's intentions and not even complaining to party bosses.