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The two-member Bihar Cabinet comprising Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Prasad Yadav was expanded on Tuesday, when over 30 MLA’s were inducted from different constituents of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (Grand Alliance).
“The portfolios will be allocated shortly. I will hold a meeting of the entire cabinet today once again,” said Bihar CM Nitish Kumar after cabinet expansion to ANI.
Around 30 MLAs, including Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s brother Tej Pratap Yadav, were sworn in as part of Bihar’s new Cabinet under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. As anticipated, a lion’s share of the ministerial berths have gone to the RJD, which is the single largest party in the state followed by Kumar’s JD(U).
#BiharCabinetExpansion | Portfolios allocated – CM Nitish Kumar keeps Home Dept, Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav gets Health Dept, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary gets Finance Dept. RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav to be the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change pic.twitter.com/UYpvzwzJgl
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2022
Congress’ state in-charge Bhakt Charan Das has said that the party is tipped to get three ministerial berths, two of which will be filled first.
It’s not just people who will join the cabinet, every worker and MLA of RJD is a part of it – they may not join under their names but there will be everyone’s participation. The entire cabinet reflects Bihar’s interest, you will see that, Manoj Jha, RJD MP was quoted as saying by ANI
