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Those who will take the oath of office as cabinet ministers include Pranab Mukherjee and P. Chidambaram. But there is no Rahul Gandhi
Dr. Manmohan Singh will take the oath of office as the country's prime minister later thi
s evening along with 19 cabinet members, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement on Friday. Rahul Gandhi is not going to be a part of the new Union Cabinet. Mukherjee and P. Chidambaram, the PMO said. The remaining cabinet members are Sharad Pawar, A.K. Antony, Mamata Banerjee, S.M. Krishna, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sushil Kumar Shinde, M. Veerappa Moily, S. Jaipal Reddy, Kamal Nath, Vayalar Ravi, Meira Kumar, Murli Deora, Kapil Sibal, Ambika Soni, B.K. Handique, Anand Sharma and C.P. Joshi.
"This will be followed in the next few days by an expansion of the council of ministers, including other cabinet ministers, ministers of state with independent charge as well other ministers of state," the PMO said. "This expansion will give due representation to allied parties."