Talks are on regarding five ministerial berths, including a Minister of State portfolio. Party sources said the names of Dinesh Trivedi and Sougata Roy were doing the rounds along with Somen Mitra for possible ministerial berths, since they are all senior leaders. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar is under consideration for representing women. One of the portfolios could go to a leader representing the minorities. For this, the names of Kabir Sumon and Sultan Ahmed are doing the rounds.

“The matter will be cleared within two to three days. We are expecting five of our MPs to get ministerial berths, including Mamata Banerjee. We are in constant dialogue with the Congress and the process will go on smoothly,” a senior TMC leader said.