Amit Shah all set to join Modi cabinet, confirms Gujarat BJP chief on Twitter

Earlier in the morning, PM-elect Narendra Modi consultations with Amit Shah to give shape to his council of ministers before sending the list to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The two leaders have held several rounds of discussions in the last two days ahead of government formation.

Photo tweeted by Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani

New Delhi: BJP's Gujarat unit chief Jitu Vaghani announced on Twitter that party chief Amit Shah will be inducted in Modi’s cabinet. Vaghani's tweet ended speculation over Shah joining the government. Modi and his fresh team of ministers will be sworn in at 7 p.m. "Had a courtesy meeting with our mentor Amit Shah and gave my best wishes to him on his inclusion as a strong member of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers," Vagahni tweeted. Earlier in the morning, PM-elect Narendra Modi consultations with Amit Shah to give shape to his council of ministers before sending the list to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The two leaders have held several rounds of discussions in the last two days ahead of government formation. Shah is tipped to get either Home or Finance, sources said.

प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodiजी के नेतृत्व में केन्द्रीय मंत्री मंडल में मजबूत साथी के रूप में सामेल होने पर हमारे पर्थदर्शक एवं मार्गदर्शक श्रध्देय श्री @AmitShahजी से शुभेच्छा मुलाकात की और शुभकामनाएं दी। pic.twitter.com/ckzJKEeBA9

— Jitu Vaghani (@jitu_vaghani) May 30, 2019

The following are most likely to be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet and could be sworn in this evening.

1. Amit Shah
2. R S Prasad
3. Piyush Goyal
4. Babul Supriyo
5. S Jaishankar
6. Anurag Thakur
7. Purushottam Rupala
8. Jitendra Singh
9. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
10. Prahlad Patel
11. Prahlad Joshi
12. Suresh Agadi
13. Rita Bahuguna Joshi
14. Smriti Irani
15. Sadanand Gowda
16. Arjun Meghwal
17. Kishan Reddy
18. Ramchandra Prasad Singh
19. Mansukh L. Mandaviya
20. Krishnapal Gurjar
21. Parshottam Rupala
22. Ramdas Athawale
23. Sanjeev Balyan
24. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
25. Sadhvi Jyoti Niranjan
26. Thawar Chand Gehlot
27. Rao Inderjit
28. Giriraj Singh
29. Kailash Choudhary
30. Rajnath Singh
31. Nityanand Rai
32. K P Ravindran
33. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank"
34. OP Ravindranath Kumar
35. Ram Vilas Paswan
36. Raosaheb Danve
37. Nitin Gadkari
38. Som Prakash
39. Rameswar Teli
40. Sripad Naik
41. Gajendra Shekhawat
42. General VK Singh
43. Mahesh Sharma
44. Devashree Raiganj
45. Sanjay Dohatare
46. Santosh Gangwar

The BJP has remained tight-lipped about the likely members of the government, with its leaders asserting that it is the prime minister's prerogative.