Portfolios were on Saturday allocated in the new Bihar cabinet, with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar retaining the crucial home portfolio but giving away finance, which his JD(U) had held, to new ally BJP.
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The meeting follows Nitish Kumar s dramatic departure from the Mahagathbandhan alliance, cutting ties with the Opposition-backed INDIA bloc, and reestablishing the alliance with the BJP-led NDA, , bihar, nitish kumar
A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar formed the government in Bihar in alliance with the NDA, hectic lobbying started for the post of assembly speaker, and other legislators to be included in the council of ministers.