Former MP denies rift with PM after being overlooked for Cabinet role

For­mer Cou­va South Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment Rudranath In­dars­ingh says he has not been promised any po­si­tion in Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s Gov­ern­ment but in­sists there is no rift with his po­lit­i­cal leader.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar led the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress to a 26-13 vic­to­ry over the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM), while the To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty se­cured two seats in last week’s gen­er­al elec­tion.

Al­though 32 in­di­vid­u­als were sworn in­to her Gov­ern­ment on Sat­ur­day, the out­spo­ken for­mer MP, who pre­vi­ous­ly served as the op­po­si­tion’s shad­ow labour min­is­ter, was not ap­point­ed to a min­is­te­r­i­al or sen­a­to­r­i­al po­si­tion.