Patna: The newly shaped cupboard in Bihar expanded on Tuesday when 31 ministers took oath, with the RJD getting a lion’s share, and care having been taken to characterize all sections of the society, together with the minorities.
Among the many ministers who took oath, 16 have been from RJD, 11 from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), two from Congress, one from ex-CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and one Unbiased.
The variety of Muslims within the new cupboard is 5, up from just one within the earlier NDA authorities that fell final week after the chief minister severed ties with the BJP.
The RJD has, predictably, given a big variety of seven berths to Yadavs, together with Tej Pratap Yadav, the elder son of get together president Lalu Prasad.
It, nonetheless, additionally gave illustration to the higher castes in line with the broader social outreach by deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav.
Amongst these from the RJD quota have been Kartikeya Singh, a Bhumihar MLC, and Sudhakar Singh, a Rajput, whose father Jagadanand Singh is at the moment the state president.
The JD(U) has retained its ministers from the earlier dispensation.
The Congress is represented by a Dalit and a Muslim.
