31 Ministers Inducted in Bihar Cabinet as RJD Gets Major Share; 2 Berths Alloted to Cong as JD(U) Gets 11
By: News Desk
Edited By: Majid Alam
Last Updated: August 16, 2022, 13:02 IST
New Delhi, India
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with his deputy Tejaswi Yadav speaks to the media after their swearing-in ceremony at Rajbhawan in Patna. (PTI)
CM Nitish Kumar said that the portfolios will be allocated shortly and a meeting of the entire cabinet will be held on Tuesday
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Thirty one ministers were inducted in the Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday as the JD(U) chief broke alliance with the NDA and formed government with the support of the Grand alliance or the "Mahagathbandhan."
Among the newly inducted ministers, the RJD got the majority share as 16 ministers are from Lalu Prasad Yadav's party. Tej Pratap Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav's brother and Lalu Yadav's elder son, was also sworn in on Tuesday as one of the ministers.
Kumar's JD(U) has 11 ministers in the new cabinet while two ministers are from the Congress. Shortly after the oath taking of the newly inducted ministers, CM Nitish Kumar said that the portfolios will be allocated shortly and a meeting of the entire cabinet will be held on Tuesday.
The state cabinet can have up to 36 ministers, including the chief minister. With the induction of 31 ministers on Tuesday, few berths have been kept vacant for future expansion.
Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar's chief minister a day after quitting ostensibly over a row with coalition partner BJP on Wednesday. He formed government in alliance with his former rivals in RJD and Congress.
His deputy and RJD's leader Tejashwi Yadav was the only other minister sworn in by Governor Phagu Chauhan. Kumar who heads the JD(U) took oath for a record eighth time, as head of the Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) which it had dumped in 2015, to join hands with the BJP.
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