Here are the live updates:
11.10 am: Having mixed feelings, feeling proud but also sad as he's going away: Avdhut Parrikar, Manohar Parrikar's brother.
11.09 am: PC Chacko on Cabinet Expansion.
Cabinet Expansion means they have just started to work, many important portfolios were under additional charge. Better late than never, we wish them well.
11.02 am: Shiv Sena may get 2 Cabinet berths. Shiv Sena's Anil Desai likely in Modi Cabinet.
11.00 am: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh tweets: Why so much excitement about Cabinet Expansion? Modi doesn't require a Cabinet. His is a ONE MAN CABINET ! Ask Rajnath Ji and Gadkari Ji!
10.32 am: It is a privilege to be a part of PM Modi's cabinet as a MoS (Independent Charge) to serve the Nation: Rajiv Pratap Rudy tweets
10.16 am: Babul Supriyo on Modi:'Our PM is very inspiring. Every idea that he has is all very unique and young. It is an amalgamation of young and even old versatile ministers in the Cabinet. Even leaders of yesteryear are thinking young now. We are all working towards one single point-a better India.BJP's voteshare has increased massively in Bengal. People flocked to TMC because there was no alternative.That is not the case with BJP. TMC has proved an utter disaster. In 2016, Bengal will share BJP dream.'
10.02 am: Swearing in ceremony at 1.30 pm. As many as 22 new faces to be inducted
10.00 am: Manohar Parrikar, Naqvi, Rajiv Pratap Rudy reach 7 RCR.
09.59 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts high tea for all new comers.
Manohar Parrikar, who resigned as chief minister of Goa, is tipped to become the Defence Minister. Shiv Sena MP Suresh Prabhu is likely to replace Sadananda Gowda as the Railway Minister. Even as reports suggested that BJP general secretary J. P. Nadda would continue holding an important position within the party, he was later said to be in contention for the Health Ministry.
Other notable faces could be Hansraj Ahir, who is likely to be given the Coal Ministry, senior BJP leaders Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, and Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore, a firsttime MP from Rajasthan.
Ram Kripal Yadav, a former RJD leader who contested on a BJP ticket from Patna, is expected to find a place in the Union Cabinet. Giriraj Singh, a former minister in the Nitish Kumar government, and Choudhary Birender Singh from Haryana too are tipped to be in Modi's team.
BJP allies TDP and Shiv Sena have named Y. S. Chowdhary and Anil Desai for induction in the Modi Cabinet. Both the Rajya Sabha members are expected to be made ministers of state. Sena leader Suresh Prabhu is likely to be included despite his party expressing reservations about his candidature.
Sanwar Lal Jat from Rajasthan and Jayant Sinha, the son of former union minister Yashwant Sinha, are also in the list of probable ministers. Anurag Thakur, the son of former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, and singer Babul Supriyo, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from West Bengal, are also tipped for ministerial slots.
Col. Sonaram Chaudhary (Rajasthan), Niranjan Jyoti (UP), Ramesh Bias (Chhattisgarh), Bandaru Dattatreya (Telangana), Bhola Singh (UP), Gajendrasingh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) and Ashwini Choubey (Bihar) too are in the race.
No promotion is expected for any of the ministers of state. After the new inductions, several ministers holding more than one portfolio are expected to be relieved of additional work. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley holds charge of the Defence Ministry, Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari also holds charge of the Rural Development Ministry and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also has charge of the IT and Communications Ministry. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has the I&B Ministry as an additional charge, while Power Minister Piyush Goyal looks after Coal and Mines. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu also has Urban Development, while Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS in the Finance Ministry, has independent charge of Commerce.
The current strength of the Council of Ministers is 45, with 23 of Cabinet rank, including the Prime Minister, and 22 ministers of state. Ten of the ministers of state hold independent charge.
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