Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is increasing his two-member cupboard at the moment, with the most important chunk of seats going to alliance accomplice Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
As many as 31 ministers might be inducted into the cupboard from numerous events which can be a part of Mahagathbandhan or the Grand Alliance, together with the Congress. The ceremony might be held round 11.30 am on the Raj Bhavan.
Nitish Kumar is prone to retain all ministers from the Janata Dal United together with Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Ashok Choudhary, Sanjay Jha, Madan Sahni, Jayant Raj, Sheela Mandal, Bijendra Yadav, Shravan Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Jama Khan and Leshi Singh.
From the RJD, the probables for the cupboard berths are – Tej Pratap Yadav, Surendra Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Bhai Virendra, Kumar Sarvjeet, Surendra Ram, Shahnawaz Alam, Sameer Mahaseth, Bharat Mandal, Anita Devi and Sudhakar Singh.
Afaque Alam and Murari Lal Gautam from the Congress, and Santosh Suman from Hindustani Awam Morcha may also take oath, sources stated. The lone Impartial, Sumit Kumar Singh, can also be prone to be sworn in.
The Bihar cupboard can have as much as 36 ministers, together with the Chief Minister. Some ministerial berths might be saved vacant for future cupboard growth, sources stated. Nitish Kumar had damaged away from the BJP and shaped a authorities with the RJD and different events earlier this month. The Chief Minister and his deputy – RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav – took oath on August 10.
With inputs from NDTV