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Amarinder rules out Cabinet reshuffle

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuedayruled out any possibility of Cabinet reshuffle in near future, dismissing reports in this regard as rumours.

``There is no plan of a Cabinet reshuffle,'' Singh told reporters here.

Asked if his son Raninder Singh, who was recently inducted as Congress' state unit general secretary, could be given a ticket in the coming Assembly elections, the Chief Minister said ``he (Raninder) will serve the party as a dedicated worker''.

The Chief Minister said the party may field new faces in the next polls due early 2007 and factors like winnability and the work done by present ministers and MLAs would be kept in mind. Mr Singh ruled out the possibility of setting up a nuclear power plan in Punjab. - PTI

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