Modi Cabinet reshuffle today, Cabinet expansion , Narendra Modi, council of ministers , Rashtrapati Bhavan

Modi Cabinet reshuffle today, Cabinet expansion, Narendra Modi, council of ministers, Rashtrapati Bhavan,List of probable candidate 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday reshuffle his council of ministers at a ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

According to sources, with elections in Uttar Pradesh due in March next year, the reshuffle is expected to boost several leaders from the BJP, and its allies in Uttar Pradesh.

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1. The reshuffle is important as the government needs to fill vacancies before the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament that begins July 18.
2. The function, on Tuesday, will take place at 11 am, days ahead of PM Modi’s four-nation tour of Africa.
3. Apna Dal leader Anupriya Patel and BJP MP from Saharnapur Raghav Lakhanpal are likley to be among the fresh faces in the Cabinet.
4. The last cabinet reshuffle took place in November 2014.

The top four portfolios — home, finance, external affairs and defence — are unlikely to be touched, but the long-awaited exercise might see the induction of leaders from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab, all of which go to the polls next year.

Here is a list of probables in the Modi cabinet :

1. Likely to be included
2. Anupriya Patel, Apna Dal leader and Mirzapur MP
3. Krishna Raj, Shahjahanpur MP
4. SS Ahluwalia, Darjeeling MP
5.  Ramdas Athawale, Republican Party of India leader

6. Mahendra Pandey, Chandauli MP
7. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bikaner MP
8.  

    PP Choudhary, Pali MP

9. Ajay Tamta, Almora MP
10. Rameshwar Teli, Dibrugarh MP
11. Raman Deka, Mangaldoi MP
12.  Likely to be promoted to cabinet rank

13. Piyush Goyal, power minister
14. Dharmendra Pradhan, petroleum minister
15. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, MoS minority affairs

Likely to be dropped

1. Najma Heptulla, minority affairs minister
2. Kalraj Mishra, small and medium enterprises minister
3. Sanwar Lal Jat, minister of state for water resources
4. Nihal Chand, minister of state for chemical and fertilisers

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