Ranchi, February 7: Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren will expand his cabinet on February 16, rescheduling the event which was initially planned for Thursday, a minister said.

“The swearing-in ceremony has been deferred. Now, it will take place at 3 pm on February 16 at Raj Bhavan here,” state minister Alamgir Alam said on Wednesday.

He cited the two-day second leg of ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the state starting on February 14 as the reason for the change of schedule of the swearing-in event.