The first Cabinet expansion of the nine-month-old Manohar lal Khattar-led BJP Government in Haryana will take place on Thursday. Sources said that three ministries are likely to be inducted in the State Cabinet while five Chief Parliamentary Secretaries are also likely to take oath at Haryana Raj Bhawan.
Bakhshish Singh Virk Singh from Assandh constituency, Ghanshyam Saraf from Bhiwani and Harvinder Kalyan from Gharaunda are likely to join the State Cabinet, said sources.
The names of MlA latika Sharma from Kalka and Santosh Chauhan Sarwan from Mulana is also doing the rounds as they are lobbying for the cabinet berths. Apart from this, MlA Gian Chand Gupta from Panchkula, Manish Kumar Grover from Rohtak, Vipul Goyal from Faridabad are likely to take oath as CPS on Thursday.
The Khattar Government has six Cabinet rank Ministers apart from the Chief Minister while three others are Ministers of State. At present, there is scope to accommodate four more Ministers in the Cabinet.
The Chief Minister and some of his senior Ministers are currently handling multiple portfolios amongst themselves. While Khattar has 17 departments with him, Ram Bilas Sharma has nine that include Education and Transport.
Capt Abhimanyu has 13 department that include Finance, Revenue, Excise, Planning, while OP Dhankar has five departments - Agriculture, Development And Panchayats, Irrigation, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Fisheries. Besides Health and Sports, Anil Vij also has a few more additional departments with him.