Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. File
Speculation over delay arose as JD(U) has been reportedly insisting on having equal number of berths to that of BJP
Amid a raging speculation over the delay in Cabinet expansion, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said it would be done after the BJP’s proposal, which had not been received yet.
“When the BJP would propose for the Cabinet expansion, we’ll think over it but no such proposal has been received yet”, he told mediapersons “Presently, we’re busy with moving forward of our blueprint for the development of the State for next five years”.
BJP decimates its senior and secular leadership in Bihar The choices has led to murmurs about factionalism and injustice in the rank and file of the J.P. Nadda-led party
The BJP has in one stroke decimated its senior and secular leadership in Bihar.
It has appointed several of its seasoned leaders as chairpersons of various Assembly committees, effectively removing them from the race for ministerial berths in chief minister Nitish Kumar’s cabinet.
The choices indicate that the BJP is shedding its secular faces and planning to go the whole hog on the hardline path, but has also led to murmurs about factionalism and injustice in the rank and file of the party.
JD(U) insists on having equal number of berths to that of BJP
Amid a raging speculation over the delay in Cabinet expansion, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said it would be done after BJP’s proposal, which had not been received yet.
“When BJP would propose for the Cabinet expansion, we’ll think over it but no such proposal has been received yet,” he told mediapersons “Presently, we’re busy with moving forward of our blueprint for the development of the State for next five years.”
The Cabinet now has 14 members, including Mr. Kumar. In the 243-member Assembly, it could have a maximum of 36 members.