Principal spokesperson of the government Frank Norhona tweeted that “cabinet expansion” will take place tomorrow at 11am. New Delhi, Jul 4 (Agencies): The much-talked about expansion of the Union Cabinet will take place on Tuesday morning, a top government official said on Monday. For some time now, there has been talk of a cabinet expansion as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take new faces from Uttar Pradesh, which is going to polls next year. Including Modi, there are currently 64 ministers in the Union cabinet. There is also a vacancy in the Council of Ministers after Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal became the Chief Minister of Assam.

Source: The Telegraph July 04, 2016 06:33 UTC