Rabri may expand Cabinet today

PATNA, MARCH 24: The expansion of the Rabri Devi ministry is likely to take place on Saturday with RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav promising to provide adequate representation to the supporting parties including the 23-member Congress and five-member BSP for a stable coalition ministry.

Talking to newsmen, the RJD president said he had already held talks with the Congress central leadership and leaders of supporting parties for sharing power to provide an effective and corruption-free administration.

"We want to have a Cabinet with representations from all groups who sided with us during the crisis to ensure the victory of rabri devi ministry in the state assembly…And the size of the ministry is not a problem," Yadav said.