There are strong rumours that a rejig of portfolios is on the cards. It's the prerogative of the CM to effect changes in his council of ministers. The sacrificial lamb was Nilesh Cabral who was told to resign a BJP loyalist or there is something else to it?.
His replacement is a defector Aleixo Sequeira, but his portfolio is not yet declared. After languishing about a year and half as an MLA from Nuvem, he was suddenly catapulted to this post. Aleixo had a long innings as a Congressman, was learnt to have asked for forgiveness from his electorate who elected him on a Congress ticket for having ditched them when he jumped to the BJP.
Moreover, Cabral has silently accepted his fate saying he would stand by whatever his party decides.
Time will tell as the dust settles in the coming days to unleash new powers in the hands of the winners and the vanquished being sidelined in the corridors of power.
