The list of ministers who are likely to be a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first Cabinet, is likely to be conveyed to Rashtrapati Bhavan only on Monday morning, as hectic parleys were still on at Gujarat Bhawan on whom to include and not to include.
Government formation talks were said to have gone on late into Sunday night, with Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, BJP President Rajnath Singh, other senior leaders and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders engaged in discussions for the framing up of a list of council of ministers.
BJP leader Arun Jaitley met senior RSS functionary Suresh Soni at the RSS head-office in the capital. Earlier in the day, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu met Modi reportedly to discuss his party's representation in the new government. He had last night also met BJP chief Rajnath Singh.
A host of leaders including Ghaziabad MP and former Army Chief Gen VK Singh, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Ananth Kumar, Jagdish Mukhi and Sheohar MP Rama Devi have also met Rajnath Singh.
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