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Union Cabinet to be expanded today

| | Nov 09, 2014, at 02:26 pm
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet under Prime Minister Narendra Modi might get several new faces on Sunday as it heads for an expansion.
The oath-taking ceremony is expected to begin at 1.30 pm on Sunday in the Durbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, sources said.
 
The Union Council of Ministers might get 20 new faces being inducted into the team of 45 ministers, said reports. 
 
This is the first expansion since Modi took oath as the PM on May 16.
 
Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to be inducted as the Defence Minister in Modi's Cabinet relieving Arun Jaitley, who was holding charges of two crucial portfolios - Finance and Defence.
 
According to reports, DV Sadananda Gowda could be shifted from Railways.
 
Some names senior leaders of BJP like Giriraj Singh, Ram Kripal Yadav, Babul Supriyo, Mahesh Sharma, Birendra Singh, Vijay Sampla, Ramesh Bais and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi are also doing the rounds for induction into the cabinet.
 
The Prime Minister has reportedly asked the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to nominate one of its members. 
 
According to reports, Modi has also called new inductees for tea at 7 Race Course Road in the morning, after which they will head for the oath taking ceremony.

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