{"id":2535,"date":"2017-08-20T10:20:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T10:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2017-08-20T10:20:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T10:20:37","slug":"as-jdu-joins-nda-expansion-of-modis-cabinet-next-on-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/as-jdu-joins-nda-expansion-of-modis-cabinet-next-on-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"As JD(U) joins NDA, expansion of Modi\u2019s cabinet next on cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the JD (U) has formally joined the BJP-led NDA, an expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s council of ministers appears next on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say modalities of making suitable space for Nitish Kumar-led party are \u201con the verge of completion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Accommodating the JD (U) should not be a problem as many ministers in the BJP-led government at the Centre currently hold a dual charge.<\/p>\n<p>If the current formula based on the strength of the allies is adopted then the JD (U) could land a Cabinet position. The JD (U) has two MPs in the Lok Sabha but in the Rajya Sabha it has 10, including senior leader Sharad Yadav, who has charted a different course after Nitish\u2019s recent decision.<\/p>\n<p>However, given Kumar\u2019s importance in Bihar and his expected contribution in building positive perceptions for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his party may get a better deal.<\/p>\n<p>The JD (U) passed a resolution to join the NDA during the party\u2019s national executive meeting chaired by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the JD (U) has formally joined the BJP-led NDA, an expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s council of ministers appears next on the cards. Sources say modalities of making suitable space for Nitish Kumar-led party are \u201con the verge of completion\u201d. Accommodating the JD (U) should not be a problem as many ministers [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[312],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2537,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions\/2537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}