Moily says he is happy with PM, Sonia

New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) After blaming "vested interests"
for his shifting from the Law Ministry, new Corporate Affairs
Minister Veerappa Moily Wednesday said he is "very happy" with
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi for entrusting
him with the new job.
"I am very happy with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
Congress President Sonia Gandhi. If they have given me this
charge they might have had something in mind. They know that I
am a reformist and wherever I go, I have a reform agenda,"
Moily told reporters after assuming charge, playing down his
earlier remarks.
Tuesday, just hours after the Cabinet reshuffle, an
apparently peeved Moily had suggested "campaign by the vested
interests" behind his change in the portfolio. Moily had also
said that he could not be "hanged" for the "sins" of other
ministries.
"Yesterday was yesterday. Today I am here, in this
Ministry and I look forward to future," Moily said.
Asked what would be his utmost priority as the new
MCA Minister, Moily said it would be to pass the pending
Companies Bill 2009.
"In the monsoon session. That will be the topmost agenda.
Even as the Law Minister I had studied the Bill and it is one
of the best Bills. We will meet the monsoon session deadline
and we will make sure that it comes up before the Cabinet
immediately," he said.
The Companies Bill which was reintroduced in Parliament
in August 2009 has already missed two earlier deadlines for
consideration and passage.