Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi is set to be sworn in on Sunday for a third consecutive term, equaling the feat of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, amid fractious parliaments involving BJP leaders and their allies over the share of seats of different Democratic Alliance constituencies. National in the new government.
Senior BJP leaders such as Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, besides party president JP Nadda, have been consulting allies including Telugu Desam Party’s N Chandrababu Naidu, JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar and Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde, to finalize his share of representation in the government.
There is a view that the BJP will hold heavy portfolios such as Home, Finance, Defense and External Affairs, besides Education and Culture, two ministries with strong ideological overtones, while its allies can get five to eight cabinet berths.
While leaders like Shah and Singh are seen within the party as a certainty in the new cabinet, former chief ministers who won the Lok Sabha polls, such as Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Basavaraj Bommai, Manohar Lal Khattar and Sarbananda Sonowal, are strong contenders. to join the government. .
Ram Mohan Naidu of the TDP, Lalan Singh, Sanjay Jha and Ram Nath Thakur of the JD(U), and Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) are among the allies who may be part of the new government, the sources said, and added that Singh or Jha will be included in the JD(U) quota.
Maharashtra, where the BJP-Shiva Sena-The NCP alliance has fared poorly, and Bihar, where the opposition has shown signs of revival, may be in the spotlight during the government formation exercise.
Assembly elections will be held in the western state in October, while elections will be held in Bihar next year.
The impending changes within the BJP organization will also be on the minds of its think tank as it comes to finalizing the names of the party’s ministers.
Nadda’s tenure was extended due to the Lok Sabha polls, and organizational imperatives will be a major consideration for the party as poll results have sent signals that all may not be well within its vast machinery. .
This opens up the possibility of some experienced hand being sent to the party and Nadda being given a job in the government, sources said.
The BJP is keen to send a message of continuity and avoid any impression of political vulnerability following its surprising below-average showing in the Lok Sabha polls, as its seat tally fell from 303 to 240, considerably below the majority mark of 272. .
The government announced on Saturday that leaders of several neighboring countries, including those of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Mauritius, will attend the swearing-in ceremony.
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