Bihar Cabinet expansion: Nitish keeps Home, Sushil Modi gets Finance

Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, an NDA ally, expressed disappointment over being left of the Cabinet expansion.

Portfolios were allocated to the newly sworn-in Cabinet of the Nitish Kumar led JD (U)-BJP coalition government in Bihar on Saturday.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will keep the Home Ministry portfolio with him while Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi will handle the Finance and Commerce Ministries.

Rajeev Ranjan has been allocated Water Resources Ministry, Maheshwar Hazari was given Building Construction while Manju Verma will head Social Welfare Ministry. Vijendra Yadav has been given charge of Energy Ministry while Krishna Nandan Verma will head the Education Ministry.

Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, an NDA ally, expressed disappointment over being left of the Cabinet expansion, while members from another NDA ally LJP member was included.

"Ram V Paswan ki rajnaetik bhookh abhi nahi gayi, CM ke yahan parivar ko le ja kar maang ki; yeh aaj ki rajneeti reh gayi hai? (Ram Vilas Paswan's (LJP chief) political greed is not yet satisfied. He took his family to CM's residence and demanded cabinet berth. This is the state of politics today)," Manjhi told ANI.

LJP's Pashupati Kumar Paras taking oath

Pashupati Kumar Paras, who is the brother of LJP president and Union minister Ramvilas Paswan was made a minister. Paras is not a member of either house of Bihar. The LJP has two MLAs in the current assembly and they voted in favour of the confidence vote yesterday.

When media persons asked Paras about this, he said, "I took oath as a minister on the decision of the party and the direction of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar."

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Kapil Dev Kamat being sworn-in

JD (U)'s Kapil Dev Kamat was allocated Panchayati Raj Department.

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Ramesh Rishidev taking oath at Raj Bhawan

The swearing-in of ministers in the newly formed Nitish Kumar-led JD (U)-BJP government was held on Saturday evening.

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Nand Kishore Yadav will head path construction sector

Veteran BJP leader, associated with the RSS since 1969. In the erstwhile JD(U)-BJP government, he served as the Minister for Road Construction and Tourism.

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Brij Kishore Bind taking oath

Brij Kishore Bind was allocated Backward and Extremely Backward Class Welfare Department.

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Twenty-seven ministers - 12 of the BJP, 1 of LJP and 14 of the JD(U)- were administered the oath by Bihar Governor K N Tripathi at the Raj Bhawan in Patna.

The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government on Friday secured 131 votes against the opposition's 108 during the floor test in the Bihar Assembly.

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