The much-anticipated Union Cabinet reshuffle is expected to take place on July 8, sources told news agency ANI on Tuesday.
The buzz that was going on for quite some time intensified after a series of meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda in the national capital.
According to reports, as many as four ministers are likely to from Bihar. The sources told ANI that among the four likely to be included in the cabinet -- two are from Janata Dal (United), one from Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) fraction group Pashupati Kumar Paras, and one from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Reportedly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sources had earlier stated that the party is likely to accommodate a few of its prominent leaders and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members in the Narendra Modi Cabinet soon. It has been two years since the NDA came back to power in 2019.
Meanwhile, Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is likely to be inducted in Modi cabinet, has cut short his visit to Indore in Madhya Pradesh and is reaching the national capital in evening.
Amid the buzz, a video of former union minister late Ram Vilas Paswan's brother Pashupati Paras went viral in which he is seen buying clothes for his new 'kurta' he is likely to wear in the swearing in ceremony.
Another BJP functionary said that alliance partner Janta Dal United (JD-U) leaders -- R.C.P. Singh and Rajeev Ranjan 'Lallan' are also reaching the national capital. "JD-U who did not join the Modi government in 2019 is likely to get two ministerial berths while the party is asking for three," he said.
Apna Dal chief Anupriya Patel is also likely to be made minister. She was part of the Modi government in the first term.
1. Jyotiraditya Scindia
2. Sarbananda Sonowal
3. Narayan Rane
4. Pashupati Kumar Paras
5. Anupriya Patel
6. Pankaj Chowdhury
7. Rita Bahuguna Joshi
8. Ramshankar Katheria
9. Varun Gandhi
10. RCP Singh
11. Lallan Singh
12. Rahul Kaswan
13. CP Joshi
14. Zafar Islam
15. P. C. Gaddigoudar
16. Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi
17. Baijayant Panda
18. Bhupender Yadav
19. Pritam Munde
20. Rajiv Ranjan Prasad
21. Sushil Modi
22. Swatantra Dev Singh
23. C. R. Patil
24. Ashwini Vaishnaw
(With ANI and IANS inputs)
