Portfolio Sharing Formula Revealed: How Many Ministries Will NDA Allies Get?

New Delhi: As NDA allies eye for plum posts in cabinet, Republic has now accessed NDA portfolio sharing formula which says that a party will be given one cabinet berth for every five MPs and an MoS position for every 2 MPs. BJP national chief JP Nda has communicated officially to all NDA partners, including TDP, JDU and LJP among ors, on portfolio-sharing formula. For example, TDP will be given three ministerial berths as y have 16 MPs. In JDU's case, which has 12 MPs, two ministerial berths will be given and for extra two seats, one Minister Of State (MoS) post will be given. 

decision was taken at JP Nda's residence where senior party leers like Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal, Amit Shah, Prahl Joshi, Mansukh Mandaviya and BJP general secretaries, including Vinod Tawde, were present. Now, it is to be seen wher NDA allies, who have ir specific set of demands when it comes to ministries, will accept BJP's proposal. Hectic parleys are underway in both JDU and TDP camps over posts. It is understood that both JDU and TDP have staked ir claim to crucial Speaker's post which BJP is unwilling to let go of.

Among tall list of demands me by NDA allies, JDU has asked BJP to take a relook at Agniveer scheme and a Special Category Status (SCS) for Bihar. Apart from SCS, TDP has asked for Speaker's post and two cabinet berths while Shinde faction of Shiv Sena has batted for one cabinet berth and two MoS posts.

Meanwhile, Chirag Paswan's LJP has asked for one cabinet berth and one MoS post and Jitan Ram Majhi's HAM has asked for one cabinet berth. According to our sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet will be taking oath alongside him during swearing-in ceremony on Sunday.

While BJP has stated clearly that it will be holding on to key ministries like Home, MEA, Defence and Finance, it is learnt that Nitish wants Rail Ministry for his party.