Ajit’s entry gives Cong slight relief

Whatever the induction of Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh into the Manmohan Singh government on Sunday might mean for the Congress Party’s electoral chances in the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, it is evident that the DMK group does not think the time is yet propitious for its return to the Union council of ministers. This must leave the Congress-led ruling front feeling somewhat insecure at a time when it is under sustained attack from the Opposition parties on a range of issues, and also subject to regular sniping by one of its allies, the Trinamul Congress.

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