'There will be no such elaborate arrangements this time. It will be a formal ceremony followed by tea and snacks. The auditorium can accommodate 100-150 people only,' a Raj Bhawan official told IANS.

With hot and humid conditions prevailing and access to the Raj Bhawan being only by invitation, Badal junior is unlikely to opt for being sworn-in out in the open.

The ruling Akali Dal, which runs an alliance government with the BJP in Punjab since March 2007, won all three seats where by-elections were held -- Jalalabad, Banur and Kahnuwan.

The BJP, which has been seeking another post of deputy chief minister, is unlikely to be obliged this time also by the Akalis.

Though another ministerial berth, which fell vacant due to the death of former cooperation minister Kanwaljit Singh in a road accident in March, is vacant, no other minister is likely to be inducted along with Sukhbir.

Supporters of Kanwaljit Singh are demanding that his son, Jasjit Singh Bunny, who won the Banur assembly seat Thursday, be inducted in his father's place.