New Delhi:: The expansion of the Modi cabinet will be done this week. It is being reported that on July 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will expand the cabinet. 17 to 22 ministers will take oath in PM Modi's new cabinet. It is believed that the cabinet will be given priority keeping in view social engineering in the states where assembly elections are due next year. Apart from this, preparations are also being made to increase the NDA's clan by including the leaders of regional parties in the Council of Ministers. Know how many ministers from which state can join the Modi cabinet.


Uttar Pradesh



  • Three to four ministers will be included

  • Anupriya Patel from Apna Dal


Bihar



  • Two to three ministers will be involved

  • BJP- Sushil Modi

  • RCP Singh from JDU

  • and Pashupati Paras from LJP


Madhya Pradesh



  • One to two ministers will be involved

  • Jyotiraditya Scindia

  • Rakesh Singh


Maharashtra



  • One to two ministers will be involved

  • Narayan Rane

  • Hina Gavit

  • Ranjit Naik Nimbalkar


Rajasthan



  • A minister may join

  • J&K - One minister may join

  • Ladakh- A minister may join


Jammu and Kashmir



  • A minister may join


Ladakh



  • A minister may join


Assam



  • One to two ministers may join

  • Sonowal


West Bengal



  • Shantanu Thakur

  • Nishith Pramanik


Odisha



  • One minister


Let us tell you that coalition parties can also be part of the Modi cabinet this time. JDU, LJP, and YSR Congress may include many ministers in the cabinet.


Nine ministers with additional charge in the cabinet can leave the additional ministry-



  • Prakash Javadekar

  • Piyush Goyal

  • Dharmendra Pradhan

  • Nitin Gadkari

  • Dr. Harsh Vardhan

  • Narendra Singh Tomar

  • Ravi Shankar Prasad

  • Smriti Irani

  • and Hardeep Singh Puri.


The Central Cabinet can have 81 members. At present there are 53 ministers, therefore, 28 ministers can be added.


(With inputs from Vikas Bhadauria)