Senior leader Sushma Swaraj is tipped to get External Affairs while Nitin Gadkari may be given charge of Surface Transport, Highways and Ports.
Interestingly, Swaraj attended the dinner hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee to foreign leaders who had attended the swearing-in ceremony.
Speculation was that another senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu may be given Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation while Gopinath Munde may get Agriculture.
Ashok Gajapati Raju, who belongs to BJP's ally TDP, may get Civil Aviation portfolio. Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal is being speculated to get Food Processing Industries Ministry while Shiv Sena's Anant Geete is tipped to get Heavy Industry Ministry.
BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to get Law and Telecom while his party colleague Prakash Javadekar could be the new Minister of State with Independent charge in Information and Broadcasting and Environment.
