The crisis in Uttarakhand Congress ebbed on Monday with the Central leadership working out a compromise formula under which three loyalists of rebel leader Harish Rawat will be given ministerial berths in the Cabinet expansion on Tuesday.
As part of the deal, a close associate of Mr Rawat, Mahendra Singh Mahra filed nominations for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state.
Chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, who is set to expand his Cabinet on Tuesday, has agreed to give Cabinet berths to Govind Singh Kunjwal, S.S. Negi and Pritam Singh, who are Rawat loyalists, Congress sources said.
Earlier in the day, three more Congress MLAs took oath raising their number to 21, all of whom proposed the nomination of Mr Mahra. Efforts were underway to persuade the remaining 11 party MLAs to take their oath.
With most of the hurdles removed, Mr Bahuguna went to the Raj Bhavan with a proposal to governor Margaret Alva that he would like to expand his Cabinet on Tuesday, which was accepted.