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Since PM Modi came back to power in 2019, this will be the first such reshuffle cum expansion.
Though Scindia has refuted rumours of getting a cabinet post, he has been unhappy over not being offered a ministerial position even a year after his joining the BJP from Congress.
The meeting assumed even more significance after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's meetings with the same leaders in the national capital.
Chacko, who is an influential leader from Kerala, was elected to the Lok Sabha from Thrissur (1991), Mukundapuram (1996), Idukki (1998 ) and Thrissur (2009) constituencies.
It has been rumoured that the central leadership wanted Sobha Surendran to contest from Kazhakkoottam, but her name was dropped following opposition from the state leaders.
Chacko, 74, one of the Congress's top faces and spokespersons, is a former MP from Thrissur in Kerala.
After the BJP won the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 it adopted the shrewd political strategy of capturing power in states by toppling governments opposed to it.
Amit Shah and Adityanath would attend the state-wide rally of Kerala BJP President K Surendran.
Assembly elections are due to be held in the states of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the UT of Puducherry by the middle of this year.
Sources said Gandhi has fixed a series of meetings on December 19 and 20 with Congress leaders to decide on key issues concerning the party.