Diversification at HMT

ruling Samyukta Vidhayak Dal. In the reshuffle the Jan Sangh ministers have been deprived of important portfolios like co-operation and local self government. The Jan Sangh had exploited its control of these departments to pack co-operatives and local government bodies with partymen. The sharpness of the party's initial reaction to the loss of the portfolios was, therefore, understandable