New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cupboard on Friday by together with 21 ministers, taking the cupboard energy to 30. The new additions embody 12 members from the BJP and 9 from JDU. The ministers have been administered the oath of workplace by Governor Rajendra Arlekar. During the occasion, the Chief Minister and his two deputies, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, graced the event. The chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, ‘(*12*) Modi (*9*)’, and ‘Abki baar 400 paar’ reverberated by means of the venue as BJP leaders celebrated their triumphant return to energy within the state.Â
Except for Maheshwar Hazari, who resigned from his place because the meeting’s deputy speaker final month, all JDU appointees are former ministers from the earlier Mahagathbandhan authorities. The BJP has given an opportunity to Renu Devi, who was a deputy CM till Kumar braked the alliance in August 2022, and her then-cabinet colleagues Mangal Pandey, Nitin Nabin, Neeraj Kumar Singh ‘Bablu’ and Janak Ram, Nitish Mishra.
Besides this, the BJP has additionally given an opportunity to new faces like Hari Sahni, Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, Kedar Prasad Gupta, Krishnannandan Paswan, Surendra Mehta, Santosh Kumar Singh, Mohd Zama Khan.Â
Other JD(U) leaders who’re again as ministers embody Leshi Singh, Sheela Mandal, Madan Sahni, Ratnesh Sada, Sunil Kumar Singh and Jayant Raj.