India's PM, 19 others to take oath Friday evening

New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) India's Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh along with a 19-member team will be administered oath of
office and secrecy by President Pratibha Patil at the
Rashtrapati Bhawan Friday evening.

Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee, Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar, A K Antony, P
Chidambaram, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, former
Chief Ministers S M Krishna, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Veerappa
Moily are among those who will be inducted in the Cabinet.

Sushilkumar Shinde, S Jaipal Reddy, Kamal Nath, Vayalar
Ravi, Meira Kumar, Murli Deora, Kapil Sibal, Ambika Soni, B K
Handique, Anand Sharma and C P Joshi also figure in the list
of ministers, Media Adviser to Prime Minister Deepak Sandhu
said in a statement.

"This will be followed in the next few days by an
expansion of the Council of Ministers, including cabinet
ministers, ministers of state with independent charge as well
as other ministers of state," she said.

She said this expansion would give due representation to
the allies. PTI MS