In the 2020 Assembly polls in Bihar, the NDA had won 125 seats, with BJP winning 74 of these, the Janata Dal (United) of Nitish Kumar 43, the Vikassheel Insaan Party 4 and the Hindustan Awaam Party (Secular) 4, putting the alliance just above the requisite 122-majority mark needed to form the government.
The induction of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Kartikeya Singh as the law minister of the state has caused a stir as the opposition slammed Singh over his involvement in criminal cases.
Soon after the Bihar Cabinet expansion, Union Minister Giriraj Singh, lashed out at the newly formed Mahagathbandhan or the Grand alliance by saying that this alliance is formed out of selfish interests.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has kept the crucial Home Department portfolio with himself and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has taken charge of the Health Department’s portfolio in the first Cabinet expansion of the newly formed Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar.