Congress leaders address media on cabinet schuffle: hightlights

New Delhi: New faces are likely to be inducted in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet today. Ajay Maken, who resigned from the UPA government on Saturday, will be the new face of the Congress media wing.

Ajay Maken:

• In today's age of communication, accessibility is the most important
• I will always be accessible. I will request my friends, too, to be accessible always
• Rahul and Sonia Gandhi has made a yuva team
• The average age of office bearers is 52
• Our party will work under Rahul and Sonia
• Cabinet reshuffle today, we have kept an eye on 2014
• I'll be able to speak about the reshuffle in Cabinet once it takes place
• Led By Rahul Gandhi, this is a young team the Congress has given to the country
• We are ready for alliances with secular, like-minded parties
  
• Developments in Bihar will have a profound impact
  
• We are watching developments in Bihar, I can only say the Congress will play an important role in the state in the near future
  
  

Ajay Maken on Narendra Modi:

• Narendra Modi has to establish himself within his own party  and alliance first; Advani's June 10 letter says it all
• Why ask the Congress about narendra Modi?