Ranchi, Mar 23: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda is keeping the date for expansion of the cabinet a closely guarded secret. Munda, who took over the reins from Babulal Marandi on March 17, said he would expand his five-member ministry shortly.
"Maybe before March 27, maybe after that", Munda told reporters last evening when asked whether he would expand his ministry before that date.
He also refused to spell out the size of his ministry.
The Jharkhand Assembly would meet on March 27 to pass the budget.
Babulal Marandi, who resigned following a political crisis triggered by seven of his ministers, had 27 ministers in his cabinet. Bureau Report