Nitish set to expand Cabinet with 17 likely inductees
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Patna, Feb 9 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to expand his Cabinet on Tuesday afternoon as 17 new inductees are likely to take oath nine from the BJP and eight from Janata Dal-United.
It will be the first Cabinet expansion after Nitish became the Chief Minister for another term in November 2020.
Bihar Governor Fagu Chauhan will administer the oath to the new Ministers at 12.30 pm here.
Allies BJP and JD-U were earlier stuck on Cabinet expansion for a long time, but finally came to an agreement on Monday evening. BJP sources said that the party wanted to give opportunity to the youth whereas the JD-U was likely to give preference to both experienced and young persons.
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Patna:
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar s cabinet expansion today turned out to be a message for ally BJP, which had been out to grab the dominant position in the alliance after its big win in last year s assembly elections. Of the 17 ministers inducted today, the BJP got nine berths, the Chief Minister s Janata Dal United, eight. But the BJP s numerical advantage in the assembly and the government was lost as all the important departments, like Home, Personnel, Education, Rural Development, Rural Works, Water Resources, remained with the JD(U).
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Nitish Kumar will expand the Bihar cabinet today
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain is likely to get a ministerial berth in today s cabinet expansion
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will expand his cabinet on Tuesday. Induction of new members in the state cabinet will take place in the afternoon at Raj Bhavan where they will be administered the oath by Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan.
The recently elected members of the state legislative council (MLC) and
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shahnawaz Hussain and Vikassheel Insaan Party`s Mukesh Sahni are expected to get ministerial berths in today’s cabinet expansion.