New Delhi: Reflected in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's likely choice of new minsters today is the BJP's aggressive strategy to win upcoming state elections. Bihar, where assembly elections are due next year, is expected to get three new ministers, which will take its representation in union cabinet to eight.
Uttra Pradesh, which is crucial in the BJP's forward plans and even a state like West Bengal, where the party hopes to make a significant dent, find strategic representation.
The party hopes to replicate its big national elections win in Bihar in next year's assembly elections. It has to factor in regional powerhouses Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad teaming up with the Congress for by-elections held recently; the new grouping thwarted the BJP's bid at another good showing.
UP could get three more ministers today; the state already has a lion's share with nine ministers in the Modi cabinet. Among them Muqtar Abbas Naqvi, one of the party's most prominent Muslim faces and a Rajya Sabha member from UP, and Mahesh Sharma, who snatched the Gautam Buddh Nagar Lok Sabha seat from the Samajwadi Party this year.
Before UP, West Bengal will vote in 2016 in state elections. A non-entity till now, the BJP tasted first success this year. Though it won only two Lok Sabha seats, it placed second in a significant number. Singer-turned-MP Babul Supriyo may become the state's sole minister in the cabinet.
Uttra Pradesh, which is crucial in the BJP's forward plans and even a state like West Bengal, where the party hopes to make a significant dent, find strategic representation.
The party hopes to replicate its big national elections win in Bihar in next year's assembly elections. It has to factor in regional powerhouses Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad teaming up with the Congress for by-elections held recently; the new grouping thwarted the BJP's bid at another good showing.
UP could get three more ministers today; the state already has a lion's share with nine ministers in the Modi cabinet. Among them Muqtar Abbas Naqvi, one of the party's most prominent Muslim faces and a Rajya Sabha member from UP, and Mahesh Sharma, who snatched the Gautam Buddh Nagar Lok Sabha seat from the Samajwadi Party this year.
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Before UP, West Bengal will vote in 2016 in state elections. A non-entity till now, the BJP tasted first success this year. Though it won only two Lok Sabha seats, it placed second in a significant number. Singer-turned-MP Babul Supriyo may become the state's sole minister in the cabinet.
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