NEW DELHI: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar is more likely to increase his cupboard on Thursday, in keeping with sources. The Bihar cupboard enlargement will happen days forward of the essential Lok Sabha elections. According to sources, underneath the JDU quota, most of those that served as ministers within the erstwhile Mahagathbandhan authorities may be sworn in as ministers in tomorrow’s cupboard enlargement.
According to constitutional provisions, Bihar can have a most of 36 ministers, together with the Chief Minister. Currently, the state Cabinet has a complete of 9 ministers, together with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Among them, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha are Deputy Chief Ministers. Apart from these, Dr Prem Kumar of BJP, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Shravan Kumar (all three of JDU), Santosh Kumar Suman of HAM and Independent Sumit Kumar Singh have already taken oath as ministers.
Nitish Kumar was sworn in because the Chief Minister of Bihar on January 28, 2024, with the assist of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Nitish Kumar earlier resigned from the put up, resulting in the dissolution of the federal government within the state. Nitish Kumar’s departure from the Mahagathbandhan authorities, which included the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), marked the top of the alliance.
He cited variations throughout the coalition and the shortcoming to fulfil guarantees made to the folks as key causes for the breakdown. The JD(U) supremo particularly focused the RJD, stating, “I was left with no option but to sever all ties with the alliance.”
In the aftermath of the alliance with the BJP, two deputy Chief Ministers have been appointed – Vijay Sinha and Samrat Choudhary. A complete of 8 leaders took oath as cupboard ministers within the new authorities led by Nitish Kumar. The newly shaped Cabinet included members from each the BJP and JD(U), together with representatives from different events.
The listing of ministers who took oath included Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Dr Prem Kumar, Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Shravan Kumar, Santosh Kumar Suman, and Sumit Kumar Singh.
The BJP holds the most important variety of Members of Parliament (MPs) with 17 out of 40 in Bihar. Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) follows carefully with 16 MPs. The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), now divided between Pashupati Kumar Paras and Chirag Paswan, has six MPs. In the state meeting of 243, the RJD has 79 MLAs, BJP has 78, JD(U) has 45, Congress has 19, CPI (M-L) has 12, and different events maintain the remaining seats.
