Currently there are 13 ministers in the Bihar cabinet including CM Nitish Kumar. Bihar can have a maximum of 36 ministers including the CM. With the cabinet expansion tomorrow, Nitish will still have six vacancies in his cabinet which will be filled going forward.
From the BJP side, senior leader Shahnawaz Hussain is all set to become a minister. Hussain was recently elected for the MLC seat in Bihar. He is currently in Delhi and will reach Patna tomorrow morning. Apart from Hussain, Jhanjharpur MLA Nitish Mishra, Bankipur, Patna MLA Nitin Navin, Niraj Kumr Bablu are the likely names which could find a place in the new cabinet. Bablu is the cousin of film actor Sushant Singh Rajput who died in Mumbai last year.
Nitish Kumar to expand Bihar cabinet today: All you need to know
Nitish Kumar to expand Bihar cabinet today: All you need to know
BJP’s Shahnawaz Hussain and Samrat Chaudhary are likely to get ministerial posts in Bihar as CM Nitish Kumar is set to expand his cabinet.
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File photo of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar | PTI
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will finally expand the state cabinet on Tuesday. The new cabinet will take oath at 12:30 PM in Patna on Tuesday.
At present, there are 14 ministers in the Bihar government along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Seven ministers are from the BJP quota, five from Janata Dal-United and one each from Hindustani Awam Morcha and Vikassheel Insaan Party.
Highlights
The induction ceremony will take place at 12.30 pm at Rajendra Mandapam.
The prospective ministers have not yet received a call from Raj Bhavan but they received calls from the Janata Dal (United).
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will expand his cabinet on Tuesday, an official said. 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 Bihar cabinet at present has 14 members, including the chief minister. As per norms, it can have up to 36 members.
The induction ceremony will take place at 12.30 pm at Rajendra Mandapam. However, the prospective ministers have not yet received a call from Raj Bhavan but they received calls from the Janata Dal (United).
Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar on November 16, 2020 (File)
Patna:
The much-awaited expansion of the Bihar cabinet - 80 days after Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as Chief Minister for a fifth time - will take place at noon Tuesday, with the BJP expected to get nine berths to the eight set aside for Mr Kumar s JDU.
The difference, slight though it may be, is a reminder of reversed power equations in the ruling alliance after last year s Assembly election, in which the BJP won 74 seats to the JDU s 43.
Earlier on Monday Nitish Kumar told reporters: Whenever I will get the list from the BJP (we) will expand the cabinet. , in remarks that seemed to reinforce that shift in power.
Bihar Cabinet expansion likely in few days
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Tue, Feb 2 2021 15:21 IST |
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Patna, Feb 2 : The Bihar Cabinet is likely to be expanded in the next few days even as leaders of BJP state unit have met with party s national President JP Nadda in Delhi, sources said on Tuesday.
Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad confirmed that the Cabinet expansion would be done very soon.
The sources said that the Bihar leaders forwarded the probable names for inclusion in the Cabinet to Nadda on Monday. Deputy Chief Ministers Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal and Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi were present at the meeting.