The much-anticipated cabinet expansion that is likely to take place sometime on 7nth it is reported. There is a chance that the Telangana will have one more minister in the central Cabinet.
It will be the post of the Minister of state. Soyam Bapu Rao the MP from Adilabad might get included in the central cabinet it is learnt.
Of the 59 ministers in the Modi cabinet, 21 have cabinet ranks, 9 have independent charges while 29 are Minister of State. The Union cabinet can have a maximum of 81 ministers. Of these 59, 10 are Rajya Sabha MPs.
The remaining 49 ministers, who are Lok Sabha MPs, represent 21 states.
The maximum number of representation in the cabinet is from Uttar Pradesh (8), Maharashtra (6), Bihar (5), Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat (4 each), Rajasthan (3), Odisha, Haryana and West Bengal have two each with the remaining ministers coming from Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Delhi, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Telangana, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Arunachal Pradesh
The central Cabinet will be in such a fashion that it will cover the Assembly elections in 5 states especially the UP.
The most discussed name in the party circles, in Delhi and in Bhopal, is Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his possible induction in the cabinet, which is going to be the last such exercise before the 2024 May general elections.
Jyotiraditya Scindia being given a place in the cabinet, irrespective of Chouhan’s possible entry, is being described as a “foregone conclusion”.
The new names will be mostly from the states that are due for the elections in the coming months. It will also have names who would work for the BJP for the next general elections in 2024.
