New Delhi: The meeting to be held by PM Narendra Modi today evening regarding the discussions of cabinet expansion has been canceled, in which many senior Union ministers including BJP Chief JP Nadda and Amit Shah were to attend the meeting. According to the information received from the sources, there were discussions on the cabinet reshuffle and expansion in the meeting to be held at 5 pm today, but now it has been canceled.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet will be expanded this week and 20 to 22 ministers can take the oath. According to information received from sources, the cabinet can be expanded till July 7. The Union Cabinet currently consists of 53 ministers and may have 81 members after expansion.
Three communication ministers from Uttar Pradesh can be included in the Modi cabinet. Anupriya Patel from Apna Dal can also get a place in the cabinet. At the same time, two to three leaders of Bihar can be included in the cabinet. One to two ministers from Madhya Pradesh, one to two ministers from Maharashtra, one minister each from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, one minister from Rajasthan, one to two ministers from Assam, two ministers from West Bengal, and one minister from Odisha. can be included in.
Cabinet expansion can reduce the burden of many ministers. After this, the load of Prakash Javadekar, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nitin Gadkari, Harsh Vardhan, Narendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Smriti Irani, and Hardeep Singh Puri can be reduced.