-Shortly after high tea with Modi, Parrikar said that he will fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to him by the PM to the best of his abilities. “We just had tea with PM and general tips,” he added.
-Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh took to Twitter and said that “Modi is a one man Cabinet” and does not require one.
– Tea party at Modi’s residence ends. Party leaders including Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari have left the venue to prepare for the oath taking ceremony.
– Former union minister and technocrat, Suresh Prabhu, is likely to be inducted as Cabinet minister. He is also present at 7 RCR.
– Rajiv Pratap Rudy will take charge as MoS (Independent). The BJP leader took to Twitter and said that he is privileged to be a part of the cabinet.
-Shiv Sena leader Anil Desai has left for the national capital to take part in the oath taking ceremony, according to sources. While Desai’s induction in the Cabinet is expected, he will not attend the tea party hosted by the PM.
Party president Amit Shah will also be present.
– BJP leaders who have arrived at 7 RCR for high tea with PM include Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Giriraj Singh, Vijay Sampla, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Jayant Sinha and Babul Supriyo.
Manohar Parrikar leaves for 7 RCR from Goa Sadan.
-Around 22 ministers are likely to be inducted in the Cabinet, according to sources. These include four Cabinet ministers, 15 ministers of state and three with independent MoS.
– BJP general secretary JP Nadda arrives at Modi’s residence.
Ahead of the ceremony, Modi will host the ministers to be inducted in Cabinet over tea at around 10 am at 7 Race Course Road.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place at 1:30 pm in of Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Durbar hall.
-Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first Cabinet expansion is set to take place on Sunday, a first major revamp exercise since he assumed office on May 26.
-Around 20 new faces are likely to be inducted into the existing team of 45 ministers including that of former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar who is likely to be given the defence portfolio.
-Names of Jayant Sinha, son of former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, Anurag Thakur from Himachal Pradesh, Jat leader from Haryana Birender Singh, Bhumiar leader from Bihar Giriraj Singh or Bhola Singh, Col Sonaram Chaudhary and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, both of Rajasthan, and Hansraj Ahir from Maharashtra are also reportedly doing rounds.
