By Our Reporter Expanding the Cabinet has now become a Herculean task for Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. As there are nine parties in the present ruling coalition, he has to pick ministers from at least six parties if the Rastriya Janamorcha denies joining the government. Of the nine ruling parties, two parties—the CPN (Maoist Centre) and Janamat Party have their representatives in the present cabinet. Earlier, there were seven parties in the previous coalition of the Maoist Centre and UML, and five parties sent their representatives to the Cabinet. Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal and Nagarik Unmukti Party had not joined the government and now both the parties had switched their coalition and they might send their representatives to the cabinet. Nepali Congress, the largest party in the new coalition, will obviously seek more ministries, at least more than those taken by the UML in the previous coalition. There are additional Loktantrik Samajwadi Party and Baburam-led Samajwadi Party to join the new government. Although Rastriya Prajatantra Party which had three ministers and one state minister in the government led by Dahal will not join the government, it is not sure whether Rastriya Swatntra Party which had also three ministers and a state minister in the Cabinet will join the government.  While dividing the ministerial berths among the parties is already a difficult job, the internal dispute in the Nepali Congress and the JSP-N will further complicate the situation. As the largest party, Nepali Congress will surely seek a deputy prime minister with a powerful ministry in the second rank immediately after Prime Minister. This may cause dispute within the CPN-Maoist because its vice chairman Narayankaji Shrestha is already deputy prime minister in the cabinet, and the NC should pick a senior leader for the post of the DPM.  NC vice president Purna Bahadur Khadka has said that he will not become minister while general secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa has also said that he has no interest to join the government. As such, NC may join the government under the leadership of vice president Dhan Raj Gurung or former vice president Prakash Man Singh.  Similarly, the JSP-N and Loktantrik Samajwadi Party may also seek a deputy prime minister to join the government.  Moreover, these parties may bargain for key ministries, prompting PM Dahal to make a compromise on many issues.