India, Aug. 20 -- Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Wednesday expanded his cabinet by inducting three new ministers, taking the council of ministers in Chhattisgarh to its full strength of 14.

Governor Ramen Deka administered the oath of office and secrecy to three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers Guru Khushwant Saheb, Rajesh Agrawal and Gajendra Yadav at Raj Bhawan in Raipur.

The ceremony was held in the presence of CM Sai, his deputies Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma and senior BJP leaders.

The council of ministers now has the maximum permissible strength under constitutional provisions - 14 members in the 90-member legislative assembly.

Guru Khushwant Saheb, MLA from Arang, is the son of late Baldas Saheb, a prominent leader of the ...