New Delhi: The first expansion of Union Council of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to take place on Tuesday during which Congress leader Salman Khursheed and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah will be among about two dozen who may be inducted.
Former Ministers Vilas Muttemwar and Mukul Wasnik are among others who are expected to be sworn in as ministers.
The DMK, which announced on Thursday night that it would support the UPA Government from outside after talks on more ministerial berths ended in a deadlock, may join the Government on Tuesday if an understanding is arrived with the Congress by that time.
According to officials in the Prime Minister's Office more Cabinet ministers, ministers of state as well as junior ministers will be inducted in the second round of oath taking on Tuesday.
"I cannot give you an exact figure but there will over 50 ministers who will be inducted in the second round," said a senior minister of the outgoing government. The next round will also have ministers of state with independent charge, he added.
Meanwhile, a senior functionary in the Prime Minister's Office said, "By this weekend, we will sort out matters on berth allocation with the DMK. And in the next round we also have to include the youth brigade.”
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