Twenty seven new ministers join Nitish's cabinet

The Lok Jan Shakti Party, led by Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, will join the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar.

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

Twenty seven more 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

Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Prem Kumar and Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Nand Kishore Yadav (BJP), Shrawan Kumar (JDU), Ram Narayan Mandal (BJP), JD(U)'s Jay Kumar Singh, Maheshwar Hazari, Shailesh Kumar, Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma, BJP's Pramod Kumar, Vinod Narayan Jha were among those who took oath.

Hindustani Awami Morcha (Secular) leader and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has ruled out joining the new ministry. Manjhi is the lone MLA of his party.

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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