Ahead of Cabinet reshuffle at 6 pm today, Labour minister Santosh Gangwar says he quit

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Ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle meeting at 6 pm on Wednesday, Labour minister Santosh Gangwar announced that he has resigned.

Around 43 leaders are expected to be sworn in as Union Ministers in the Union Cabinet expansion on Wednesday evening, said sources.

"Forty-three leaders will take oath as Ministers in the Union Cabinet expansion, to be held later today," the sources said.

In another development, a number of leaders, many of whom are likely to be inducted as ministers in the new Cabinet, arrived at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence to meet him.

Those meeting Modi included BJP's Narayan Rane, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Shobha Karandlaje, Pritam Munde and Meenakshi Lekhi, LJP's Pashupati Paras and Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel, sources said.

BJP president J P Nadda is also expected to be there.

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Some state ministers, including Parshottam Rupala and Anurag Thakur, may be elevated, the sources said.

This will be the first reshuffle in his Council of Ministers by Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019.

The prime minister is expected to bring in young faces and give representation to various social groups and regions in the reshuffle.

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