Also Read: Not Ashwani, not Bansal, it is the PM who needs to go
Sources say that the Manmohan Singh may either ask a senior minister to take the additional charge of the law ministry or go for a minor Cabinet reshuffle to replace Ashwani. Even Railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's chair is not secure after his nephew was arrested in the Railway Board bribery and cash-for-jobs scam.
Sources say the decision to remove Ashwani was taken after Karnataka Assembly elections in which the Congress registered a big victory. Sources add after the Karnataka win, the view that action should be taken against ministers facing allegations of impropriety and corruption has gained momentum.
Even though the clamour to sack Ashwani had been growing ever since the CBI admission before the Supreme Court that the law minister was privy to the coal scam report and even got a few changes made in it, the government had been of the view that no decision should be taken on him under pressure from the opposition parties.
As Parliament was adjourned sine die on Wednesday after Karnataka Assembly results went in favour of the Congress, a decision on the two ministers was imminent.
Even though both Ashwani and Bansal are considered close to Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had been very firm that the image of the Congress, already on the back foot on corruption, must not be allowed to take any more beating and any individual whose actions were detrimental to the fight against corruption should be asked to go.
Earlier on Thursday, Ashwani and Attorney General GE Vahanvati had gone to meet Manmohan Singh, just a day after the Supreme Court came down heavily on the government and the CBI for sharing the coal scam probe report. While Vahanvati was able to meet Manmohan Singh, Ashwani had no such luck as the Prime Minister had left for Rastrapati Bhawan to meet President Pranab Mukherjee.
Vahanvati, Ashwani Kumar and the two officials of the PMO and the coal ministry have been accused by the CBI in its affidavit of suggesting changes to its report on Coalgate.
Vahanvati, however, has sought to deflect charges against him, saying he never sought a copy of the report and that he acted as per the instructions of the law minister. "My meeting with CBI officials took place only on suggestions of the law minister," he had told the Supreme Court.
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