Lucknow, March 7 -- : With the budget session of the state assembly having concluded, the Yogi Adityanath 2.0 cabinet is likely to witness a second expansion and a rejig of the BJP state unit organisation soon as the party plans to set the tone for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly election.

The party's top leaders have completed the groundwork for the rejig, according to BJP leaders familiar with the development. With discussions in final stages, the cabinet expansion is likely to take place around Holi.

The move is also part of the BJP's plan to counter the PDA (Pichada or backwards, Dalits and Alpsahkhyaks or Muslims formula) of the Samajwadi Party, its main political rival in the state.

Riding the PDA formula, the SP bagged 37 Lok Sa...