Much-awaited HP Cabinet expansion today

(Bright Punjab Express Bureau) Shimla, July 29: The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet will be expanded on Thursday, an official spokesperson said.Shimla…. Three MLAs of BJP will take oath as New ministers in Jai Ram Thakur Cabinet tomorrow July 30. It is likely that MLAs  out of following Rakesh Pathania (Nurpur) , Sukhram Chaudhary (Paonta Sahib) and Rajender Garg (Ghumarvin) or Col Inder Singh (Sarkaghat), Kamlesh Kumari (Bhota) may be inducted in the Cabinet.The oath-taking ceremony of new ministers will be held at Raj Bhawan on July 30 at 11.15 am, he said, adding there will be a live webcast of the ceremony.Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and newly inducted ministers will interact with the media at Peterhoff after the oath-taking ceremony, he added.Three ministerial berths in the state have been lying vacant for the past several months.The state government, however, has not yet made public the names of those who will take oath on Thursday as new ministers.Anil Sharma, who was the power minister, had resigned from the Cabinet in April last year following pressure from the ruling BJP.Sharma had refused to campaign for the BJP candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha seat, Ram Swaroop Sharma, as his son Aashray was contesting from the seat on a Congress ticket.Kishan Kapoor, who was the Civil Supplies Minister, resigned in May after he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kangra.Vipin Singh Parmar, who was the Health Minister, was appointed Speaker of the state assembly following resignation by the then Speaker Rajeev Bindal.