I Swear! - My dream Cabinet

The combination is out in the open. The next Government will have a strength of 274 in the Lower House with the RJD (4), SP (23), BSP(21) supporting from outside. Thankfully with the Cong at 206, the only allies that can extract their pound of flech would be the TC (19) and DMK (18). 

With the appointment letter firmly in Manmohan Singh's pocket, the next major step in the Government formation would be the appointment of the Council of Ministers and the swearing in ceremony. Hence this post, compiling my dream Union Cabinet. 

• Prime Minister: Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Home Minister: P Chidambaram
  
• Finance Minister: Dr. C Rangarajan (former RBI Governor)* 
• External Affairs Minister: Pranab Mukherjee
  
• Defence Minister:  AK Anthony
• Petroleum & Energy: Murli Deora
  
• IT & Telecom: Dayanidhi Maran
  
• Rural/ Panchayati Raj: Rahul Gandhi**
• Civil Aviation: Praful Patel
  
• Food & Agriculture: Sharad Pawar
• Law Minister: HR Bharadwaj
  
• Commerce & Industry (including Steel): Kamal Nath
  
• Minorities: Farooq Abdullah
• Urban Development: Shashi Tharoor
• Parliamentary Affairs: Priyaranjan Dasmunshi
• Power Ministry: Sushil Kumar Shinde
• Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises: Mani Shankar Aiyar
• Sports: MS Gill
• Tourism & Culture: Ambika Soni
• Human Resource: Kapil Sibal
  
• Railways: Trinamool Congress' Nominee
• Environment & Forests: Trinamool Congress' Nominee
  
• Science and Technology: DMK Nominee
• Shipping: DMK Nominee
  

The swearing-in ceremony is to be held in 2 days. Till then, its fingers crossed! 

* I'd prefer Dr. Rangarajan ahead of Montek Ahluwalia, who I think is cut out for the Planning Commission, which I deem is a larger role. 

**Somebody strong is essential to ensure justice done to rural development. Who else can be stronger in the Congress set-up?