United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, willvisit Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on June 12. This will be herfirst visit after retaining the Rae Bareli seat in the recent LokSabha Elections. She will be meeting all the MLAs and ex MLAs alongwith the party workers and leaders of the constituency. SoniaGandhi retained the Rae Bareli seat by defeating BJP's DineshPratap Singh by over 1.67 lakh votes.

Karnataka Chief Minister H DKumaraswamy will take up the much-awaited expansion of the StateCabinet on June 12. In a tweet on Saturday, he confirmed that hemet Governor Vajubhai R Vala and has sought time for the Cabinetexpansion. The Governor will administer the oath to the newministers at 11.30 a.m. Sources in the Congress said only twoIndependent legislators — R Shankar (Ranebennur) and H Nagesh(Mulbagal) — will be inducted.

AIADMK will conduct a meeting of itsdistrict secretaries and elected representatives at the head officein Chennai on June 12. Besides the district secretaries, MLAs, MPsand spokespersons have also been invited to take part in themeeting. This comes amidst rebel voices demanding a unitaryleadership in the AIADMK, following a poor show in the recent LokSabha election.

The first meeting of the new council of ministerswill be held on June 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expectedto underline the role of ministers of state in the running ofministries. He may also ask the Cabinet ministers to give theirdeputies adequate responsibilities. Deliberations are also likelyto be held on an action plan for the government's next five yearsand Modi is expected to brief the ministers on it.

Sources saidthat Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Iran from June 12to June 14. Abe would become the first Prime Minister of Japan tovisit Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. He is likely tomeet Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s President, and Ali Khamenei, thecountry’s supreme leader. The last Japanese prime minister to visitwas Takeo Fukuda in 1978

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