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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday expanded his cupboard by together with 21 ministers. With this, the whole variety of ministers in Bihar elevated to 30 together with the CM.
The swearing-in ceremony of the newly inducted ministers occurred in Patna the place Governor Rajendra Arlekar administered the oath to MLAs. Of the whole 21 ministers inducted on Friday, 12 have been from the BJP and the remaining 9 have been from JD (U).
From the BJP, the newly inducted ministers are Renu Devi, Mangal Pandey, Neeraj Kumar Babloo, Nitish Mishra, Nitin Nabin, Janak Ram, Kedar Gupta, Dilip Jaiswal, Krishnanandan Paswan, Santosh Kumar Singh, Surendra Mehta, and Hari Sahni.
From the JD (U), the ministers embody Ashok Choudhary, Leshi Singh, Madan Sahni, Maheshwar Hazari, Sheila Kumari Mandal, Sunil Kumar, Jayant Raj, Zama Khan, and Ratnesh Sada.
After taking oath as a minister within the Bihar cupboard, BJP’s Mangal Pandey stated, “I have received the opportunity to become a minister for the third time. I express gratitude to PM Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah, and state leadership for this opportunity. I understand these responsibilities… Earlier too, I worked honestly… NDA will win all 40 seats.”
The Bihar cupboard enlargement comes amid the continuing seat-sharing talks between BJP and JD (U) for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls. It is noteworthy that, with the help of the BJP, Nitish Kumar took oath because the Chief Minister of Bihar on January 28.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, in a major political improvement, all 11 candidates for the Bihar Legislative Council election, together with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, have been declared elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council.
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First Published: Mar 16 2024 | 7:45 AM IST
