Nationalist Congress Party working president Praful Patel is likely to be inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet. The Cabinet reshuffle is on the cards and a meeting in this regard will be held on Monday evening.

Patel refused to comment on the development. "We are the NCP and that is what we are doing. We will decide now if I have to go to Delhi. We have not discussed anything about Delhi. We have only discussed the formation of our government in Maharashtra," said Patel.

This comes after senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Sunday. Patel attended the ceremony at the Raj Bhavan that witnessed the vertical split of the NCP as eight other MLAs took oath as ministers.

"Dear India: Meet your new probable Union Minister in PM Modi’s Cabinet who might be inducted after a reshuffle this week. The new probable Union Minister did a coup on his party & allied with the BJP in Maharashtra. See his stellar record according to BJP & Modi govt itself," TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale tweeted.

Dear India:Meet your new probable Union Minister in PM Modi’s cabinet who might be inducted after a reshuffle this week.The new probable Union Minister did a coup on his party & allied with the BJP in Maharashtra.See his stellar record according to BJP & Modi govt itself