Unhappy with the Cabinet reshuffle, Congress leader from Maharashtra Gurudas Kamat today resigned from the government. He was the minister of state for home and communications & information technology.
In a press release, Kamat, who sent his resignation to both Congress President Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh, said: “There is no question of any disappointment over the portfolio.... The reasons are totally personal and not any defiance of the party leadership as is being made out in certain sections of the media.”
However, it was clear on Monday that Kamat had expected a bigger infrastructural ministry. He has already been Minister of State twice and he was expecting civil aviation. What he got instead was drinking water and sanitation.