Nitish Kumar To Expand Cabinet Today, Lion’s Share Goes To Ally

New Delhi:

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will develop his cupboard immediately, with the largest chunk of seats going to alliance associate Rashtriya Janata Dal, sources have informed NDTV. The RJD may have 16 cupboard seats and Mr Kumar’s Janata Dal United 11, sources stated. Two legislators from the Congress and one from Jitin Ram Manjhi’s HAM (Hindustani Awam Morcha) and one Impartial member may also take oath. The Bihar cupboard can have a most of 36 ministers.

The ceremony might be held round 11.30 am on the Raj Bhavan, sources stated. Mr Kumar and his deputy — RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav — took oath on August 10.

Sources stated Mr Kumar is prone to retain all ministers from his celebration barring one. Ally RJD is prone to title a brand new set of ministers slicing throughout castes, going by its new “A to Z” slogan.

It isn’t but identified which means the plum portfolios like residence, finance, taxes and Street building will go. Within the final authorities, Mr Kumar dealt with the house ministry.

There’s hypothesis that Tejashwi Yadav, who was Mr Kumar’s deputy within the Grand Alliance authorities, is prone to get well being, finance and highway building, which was half the BJP’s share.
The brand new authorities is prone to show majority on the ground of the meeting subsequent week.

Mr Kumar had damaged away from the BJP and shaped authorities with the RJD and different events, together with the Congress, earlier this month.

Needled frequently by state BJP leaders since his celebration’s lacklustre efficiency within the 2020 state polls, Mr Kumar determined to finish the tie-up earlier this month, satisfied that Union House Minister Amit Shah was making an attempt to separate his celebration.

Sources stated he felt that the BJP was trying a repeat of the Maharashtra mannequin – the place the Uddhav Thackeray authorities was dismantled with the rebel by senior Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde who’s now the Chief Minister.