With the RJD getting a lion’s share, 31 ministers were inducted into the newly formed Bihar cabinet which expanded on Tuesday. Here’s who got what.
The newly formed cabinet in Bihar expanded on Tuesday with 31 ministers taking the oath. The RJD got a lion’s share with 16 ministers while 11 were from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), two from Congress, one from ex-CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and one Independent.
WHO GOT WHAT?
NITISH KUMAR
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar retained the all-important home department, giving him direct control over the state police, as portfolios were on Tuesday allocated in the new cabinet.
Nitish Kumar has also kept with himself general administration, cabinet secretariat, election and “any other departments not assigned to others”, said an official communication.
TEJASHWI PRASAD YADAV
Deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has got key portfolios like health, road construction, urban housing and development and rural works.
TEJ PRATAP YADAV
Tejashwi Yadav’s elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav has been given environment, forestry and climate change.
Besides the CM and the deputy CM, only Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (finance, commercial tax and parliamentary affairs) and Bijendra Yadav (power and planning and development) have got more than one portfolio.
BJP TOP BRASS TO HOLD MEETING WITH PARTY’S BIHAR CORE GROUP
The BJP’s central leadership will hold a meeting with the party’s Bihar unit leaders here on Tuesday, days after the JD(U) parted ways with it and formed a new government in the state
They are likely to deliberate upon the BJP’s future course of action and the strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, sources said, adding organisational changes may also come up for discussion.
