Lucknow, Feb 04: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati would expand her ministry tomorrow to accommodate four breakaway Congress MLAs who joined her party BSP today. The ministry expansion would take place at 1700 hrs, P L Puniya, principal secretary to the chief minister, told a news agency here tonight.

The four legislators are Kameshwar Updhaya, Virendra Singh Bundela, Kazim Ali Khan and Shyam Narayan Tiwari. Eight Congress MLAs broke ranks with the party recently and formed Akhil Bhartiya Congress Dal.

Four of them today joined BSP. Mayawati had reportedly said only those Congress MLAs, who would join BSP would be inducted into the ministry.

Bureau Report