PM Modi Cabinet expansion likely in August

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The second term of the Narendra Modi government is likely to see its first cabinet expansion after the end of ”Sawan”. The month of Sawan, which started on July 6, will end on August 3. Party sources said that the Council of Ministers will be expanded in the second week of August.

Sources said that the BJP believes that it is an auspicious time for the cabinet expansion after the end of Sawan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in with 57 ministers on May 30, 2019. According to the rules, a maximum of 81 ministers can be appointed — 15 per cent of the total strength of the Lok Sabha.

The previous Modi government had 70 ministers. In such a situation, it is believed that this time also, if the Prime Minister goes by the last time figure, at least 13 new ministers can get a place in the government.

Party sources say that RSS co-head Krishnagopal, BJP National President J.P. Nadda and the party”s organization General Secretary B.L Santosh met Prime Minister Modi on this issue in June. It is Krishnagopal who oversees the coordination between the RSS and the BJP.