Megastar-turned-Rajya Sabha member of the Congress party K Chiranjeevi has at last got the indications that he might be inducted into the Central cabinet early next month.

According to reports from Delhi, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is likely to expand the cabinet in the first week of August by inducting at least half a dozen ministers. The PM has to fill a few vacancies including those arising out of the resignation of President Pranab Mukherjee and the sacking of Agatha Sangma, daughter of NDA candidate P A Sangma.

While Chiranjeevi’s name has been more or less confirmed, one or two MPs from Telangana also might get a chance as part of the appeasement tactics of the high command. There is a possibility that firebrand MP Renuka Chowdary and Secunderabad MP Anjan Kumar Yadav might make it to the Central cabinet, sources said.