VIP chief displeased over Cabinet expansion, to meet Shah
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Patna, Feb 10 : As Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) missed the bus in getting any ministerial berth in the second Cabinet expansion in Bihar, its chief Mukesh Sahani is not pleased and is set to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday evening, sources said.
Sources close to Sahani said that the VIP chief was expecting at least one more ministerial berth for his party but Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inducted only 10 more BJP legislators, 5 of JD-U, former BSP leader Jama Khan and one Independent into his Council of Ministers on Tuesday.
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