Hyderabad, May 23 -- Speculation has been rife in political circles and the media for the past few days that Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay may be asked to step down from his post, owing to the controversy surrounding his son Bandi Bageerath's case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The May 21 Union Cabinet meeting, which lasted over three hours, was widely anticipated as the occasion for an expansion, to be announced before June 9, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would complete 12 years in power.

However, the meeting focused instead on energy policy, strategies for managing global conflicts aff...