Srinagar, Jan 11: With the first cabinet reshuffle in Jammu and Kashmir after the Congress-National Conference (NC) coalition came to power in 2009 on the cards, political fortunes of some ministerial aspirants will be decided as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is likely to induct some fresh faces in the next few days in order to rejuvenate his government, according to well informed sources.
Under an arrangement between the Congress and the NC, the chief minister can decide on the induction of new ministers or the shuffling of portfolios between existing ministers of the Congress only after the party's approval.
The Congress has been vertically split between the supporters of union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and state unit president Saif-ud-Din Soz.
Sources within the party say that both Azad and Soz have been asked by the Congress high command to forge unanimity in the selection of two new faces for the state cabinet.
The NC can induct one new minister, and the Congress two, under the arrangement that exists between the two partners.
