In the JDU, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will nominate members for the council of ministers. This follows previous tensions when RCP Singh resigned due to perceived closeness to the BJP. Kumar’s confidants, such as Sanjay Jha, Lallan Singh, and Ramnath Thakur, are frontrunners for ministerial positions. - Newsx
It was the fifth oath-taking ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt and was the largest. Besides Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leaders of regional parties, including Chirag Paswan and Ram Mohan Naidu, received the loudest cheer.
The new team has 27 from Other Backward Classes, 10 from Scheduled Castes and five each from Scheduled Castes and minority communities. There is no Muslim representation in the Union Council of Ministers. In the new political scenario, BJP allies have received 11 ministerial berths.
Joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of ministers for the first time are three former chief ministers: Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh, Manohar Lal Khattar of Haryana, and HD Kumaraswamy of Karnataka. - Newsx
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