n a snub to political allies with diminishing utility, the United Progressive Alliance leadership has not included their Cabinet nominees in charge of railways and civil aviation in critical ministerial groups overseeing policy decisions even in their own sectors. Railway minister Mukul Roy, a nominee of Trinamool Congress, and civil aviation minister Ajit Singh of Rashtriya Lok Dal have been kept out of the 30 groups of ministers (GoMs) tasked by the Cabinet to resolve critical policy issues.