Nitish Kumar’s cabinet in Bihar will be expanded on August 16. According to the information, 31 ministers will take oath on Tuesday. 2 of Congress, 16 of RJD, 11 of JD(U), 1 of ‘Hum’ and one independent member are going to become ministers. The swearing-in program will start at Raj Bhavan from 11.30 am. Let us inform that RJD has the maximum number of 79 MLAs in this government. On the second number is the number of MLAs of JDU. From RJD, Tej Pratap Yadav, Surendra Yadav, Ramanand Yadav, Chandrashekhar, Alok Mehta, Lalit Yadav, Sameer Mahaseth, Sarabjit, Surendra Ram, Shahnawaz, Akhtarul Sahin are going to become ministers.
Senior Congress leader Bhaktacharan Das had said on Sunday that the Congress would get three ministerial posts. Das, in-charge of the Bihar unit, had said that two Congress MLAs would take oath as ministers on August 16, while another MLA would be inducted into the government during the next cabinet expansion. Left-wing CPI(ML) has announced outside support to the new government formed in the state, with 12 MLAs,
while the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday said that the party will get “respectable representation” only if the CPI gets “respectable representation” from Nitish Kumar. Would like to join the cabinet of Nitish Kumar will present the motion of confidence on August 24. The Grand Alliance government was formed on 10 August. Nitish Kumar had decided to go with the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ of seven parties after separating from the BJP. With Nitish taking oath as CM, discussions had started regarding his ‘new’ cabinet. Nitish, who is again heading the Grand Alliance government in Bihar, can keep the Home Department with him this time too.
Addressing the people of the state on the occasion of Independence Day, Nitish Kumar has announced to give government jobs to 10 lakh people. The Chief Minister has said that along with this, 20 lakh people will be given employment.
