Prime Minister Narendra Modi will expand his council of ministers at 11 am today, ahead of the crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and the monsoon session of the Parliament.
New Entrants
New faces from the Dalit community, and a few members of the upper house of Parliament - Rajya Sabha, are likely to be inducted into the cabinet, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI).
Here's the list of contenders put together by PTI.
- PP Choudhary
- SS Ahluwalia
- Anupriya Patel
- MJ Akbar
- Ramdas Athavle
- Krishna Raj
- Ajay Tamta
- Vijay Goel
- Mansukhbhai Mandaviya
- Purshottam Rupala
- Arjun Ram Meghwal
- Bhupendra Yadav
- Anil Madhav Dave
- Mahendra Nath Raj
- Subhash Ramrao
There are currently 64 union ministers and the constitution restricts the number of the council of ministers to 82.
Modi reshuffled his cabinet last on November 2014, when 21 ministers including Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar and Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu were inducted into the cabinet.
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