Modi expands cabinet as party prepares for India state polls
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INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his cabinet as his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gears up to face as many as seven state assembly elections next year.
Mr Modi added 19 new junior ministers, of whom all but two belong to the BJP and seven are from states that will hold elections in 2017. Junior minister Prakash Javadekar was promoted to the cabinet, sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony in the colonial-era president's palace in New Delhi on Tuesday. Details on the assignment of portfolios are expected soon.
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