Currently there are 13 ministers in the Bihar cabinet including CM Nitish Kumar. Bihar can have a maximum of 36 ministers including the CM. With the cabinet expansion tomorrow, Nitish will still have six vacancies in his cabinet which will be filled going forward.
From the BJP side, senior leader Shahnawaz Hussain is all set to become a minister. Hussain was recently elected for the MLC seat in Bihar. He is currently in Delhi and will reach Patna tomorrow morning. Apart from Hussain, Jhanjharpur MLA Nitish Mishra, Bankipur, Patna MLA Nitin Navin, Niraj Kumr Bablu are the likely names which could find a place in the new cabinet. Bablu is the cousin of film actor Sushant Singh Rajput who died in Mumbai last year.
Nitish Kumar to expand Bihar cabinet today: All you need to know
Nitish Kumar to expand Bihar cabinet today: All you need to know
BJP’s Shahnawaz Hussain and Samrat Chaudhary are likely to get ministerial posts in Bihar as CM Nitish Kumar is set to expand his cabinet.
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File photo of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar | PTI
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will finally expand the state cabinet on Tuesday. The new cabinet will take oath at 12:30 PM in Patna on Tuesday.
At present, there are 14 ministers in the Bihar government along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Seven ministers are from the BJP quota, five from Janata Dal-United and one each from Hindustani Awam Morcha and Vikassheel Insaan Party.
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PATNA: Sunday’s meeting of RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has triggered speculations about the former rejoining the JD(U) fold in near future. Upendra Kushwaha had also held meetings with JD(U) senior leaders in recent past.
On Sunday, former Union minister Kushwaha went to meet the CM at his residence with a possible cabinet expansion around the corner. Former state president of JD(U) Vashishtha Narayan Singh also attended the meeting between Nitish Kumar and Kushwaha.
“It was the meeting between two brothers - Nitish Kumar and me. We are like brothers for a long time despite our differences in politics”, Kushwaha told the media after coming out from the CM s residence.