New Delhi: Nearly six months after he led the BJP to a historic win, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to reshuffle his cabinet on Sunday to bring in fresh talent to ease work pressure on some ministers.
The first expansion and reshuffle of the three-tier ministry will take place at the Rashtrapati Bhavan at 1 pm.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is slated to be inducted as the defence minister, said on Friday that he will resign on Saturday.
Informed sources said two more representatives from the Shiv Sena could be inducted into the Modi ministry despite the logjam over the party’s participation in the BJP-led Maharashtra government.
New ministers may be taken from Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar besides Haryana and Maharashtra — two states where the BJP was elected to power for the first time last month.
Among those most likely to be inducted are BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and party general secretary J.P. Nadda, an old associate of the prime minister.
The sources said BJP MPs Giriraj Singh, Jayant Sinha and Birender Singh, may bet cabinet berths.
The Modi government now has 22 cabinet members and 22 ministers of state, some holding independent charge. (IANS)
