cabinet expansion

Days after the oath-taking ceremony, the Karnataka Government allocated portfolios to all 34 ministers. CM Siddaramaiah took the important finance portfolio, whereas Deputy CM DK Shivakumar gets irrigation and Bengaluru Development ministry. Home Ministry has been given G Parameshwara, and KJ Geroge has been given the energy department. HK Patil is given law ministry and affairs ministry, and KH Muniyappa is the food, supplied and civil… read-more

Nitish Kumar Government is set to expand the Cabinet on August 16. Recently Janata Dal United- Rashtriya Janata Dal formed the State Government in Bihar after Nitish Kumar announced an exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The cabinet expansion to take place at 11:30 am. As per sources, RJD will induct 15 ministers, JDU will have 12 ministers and ally Congress to get two ministers, in total 36 ministers.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde assured Cabinet expansion soon. Notably, after the turmoil of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena Government, Shinde with support of the BJP formed the State Government and took oath as CM along with Devendra Fadnavis as Deputy CM on June 30. "We will soon expand our cabinet. Even as the cabinet expansion has not taken place, the government is working efficiently." said Shinde assuring expansion soon.

One month after BJP returned to power in the state of Manipur, the cabinet strength has been expanded to 12 members, with the addition of six new members from BJP, on April 16. Governor of the state La Ganeshan administered the oath ceremony of the new ministers. Out of the 12 total cabinet members, 10 are from BJP and two from Naga People's Font (NPF).

The Chief Minister's office (CMO) of the Haryana government announced that the government's cabinet expansion will be held on December 28. It further said that the oath-taking ceremony will take place at the Haryana Raj Bhavan at 4 pm on the same day. Earlier, the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government's cabinet expansion was held on November 14.