Shimla, June 26 -- Himachal chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday hinted towards the plan of expanding the cabinet.

"The cabinet will also be expanded soon and its information will be made public when the time comes," he said, while talking to media persons on the sidelines of flagging off 12 electric scooters from his official residence Oak Over in Shimla.

One cabinet berth has been lying vacant since the formation of the Congress government. The maximum number of ministers, including the chief minister, cannot exceed 12. The Congress has a total of 40 legislators in the 68-member House. With infighting in the grand old party, Sukhu will be forced to walk the tightrope.

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