Is there a calculated design in the Congress party to target ministers close to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?
After Union Home Minister P Chidambaram it now appears to be the turn of Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, who is under attack by Congressmen both within and outside the government.
After party leader Kesava Rao's attack against Sibal, All India Congress Committee General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday cautioned the Minister saying that his ministry should shift its focus from higher education to developing the school system.
Singh said, "the HRD minister should pay more attention to the development of school education and skill development centres, than stressing on higher education".
Besides Singh, Union Minorities minister Salman Khurshid is also preparing for a full-scale war against Sibal.
Salman had been involved in a face off with Chidambaram over the Enemy Property Bill with Chidambaram having to give up his determination to bring in an ordinance, a move that was thwarted by Khurshid.
It is learnt that the latest round of firing concerns the minority status of Jamia Milia Islamia with Salman asking the minister to declare it a minority institution while Sibal continues to insist that it is a nationalist institution.
The issue began with Salman writing to Sibal asking him not to tamper with the minority status of Jamia university.
The HRD minister replied back by saying, "Jamia has never been declared a minority institution."
Sibal said that since it was born out of
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