Nitish Kumar
Tej Pratap's brother-in-law attends official meeting, BJP slams Nitish govt
Following the meeting, a photograph was circulated in the social media on Friday and BJP leaders targetted Nitish Kumar government for taking the dynastic politics forward in Bihar. Shailesh Kumar is the husband of Lalu Prasad Yadav's eldest daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti. He was sitting alongside Tej Pratap Yadav and other officials of environment and forest department.
Prior to Nitish Kumar, Bihar CM's residence used for giving shelters to criminals: Jitan Ram Manjhi
"Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav will not take the burden of slander on their respective parties and the government. Hence, they will not allow crime and criminals to flourish in Bihar and give a tag of Jungle Raj. BJP is eyeing on the opportunity to target this government which these two leaders are well aware of," the HAM leader asserted.
Nitish Kumar distributes portfolios, retains home and general administration
After the cabinet expansion, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has kept his previous portfolios including home ministry, general administration, cabinet secretariat, vigilance with himself. He has given the health ministry to his deputy Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, along with road construction, urban development and housing and rural development.
Nitish Kumar calls 1st cabinet meeting to distribute portfolios to ministers
Nitish Kumar has called for the first Cabinet meeting at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday where the new Ministers will receive their portfolios. "The distribution of the various state departments will be done during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Now Bihar will move on the path of development with full speed," the Chief Minister added. Nitish Kumar is likely to retain the Home Minister and General Administration portfolios in the Bihar government and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav will become the new Health Minister. JD-U's Vijay Kumar Choudhary is expected to become the new Bihar Finance Minister.
Bihar cabinet expansion: 31 legislators take oath, RJD gets lion's share
As anticipated, the RJD being the single largest party in the state, has secured a lion's share of the ministerial berths. Among the ministers who took oath on Tuesday, 16 were from RJD, 11 from Nitish Kumar's JD(U), two from the Congress, one from Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and an Independent MLA. From the JD(U) the legislators who took oath as ministers are: Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Ashok Chaudhary, Sharavan Kumar, Lesi Singh, Sunil Kumar, Sheela Mandal, Jayant Raj, Jama Khan, Sanjay Jha and Madan Sahani.
Bihar cabinet expansion: RJD announces names of 15 legislators
The swearing-in ceremony will take place at Rajendra Mandapam inside Raj Bhawan here. The RJD announced the names of 15 MLAs for the cabinet and included Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav also. Other RJD MLAs are: Kumar Sarwajeet, Lalit Yadav, Surendra Yadav, Alok Mehta (MLC), Anita Devi, Surendra Ram, Samir Mahaseth, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Momammad Shamim, Kartik Master (MLC), Ramanand Yadav, Chandrashekher Yadav, Sudhakar Singh and Jitendra Rai.
Nitish Kumar likely to expand Bihar cabinet on Tuesday
Sources in the RJD confirmed that Madhepura MLA and Yadav leader Chandrashekher Yadav selected in the cabinet and he is most likely to take oath in the Raj Bhawan. Mohammad Shahnawaz, a Muslim leader who represents the Seemanchal area, and recently joined the RJD after leaving the AIMIM, would be also included in the cabinet. The RJD during 2020 assembly election did not perform well in the Seemanchal, and keeping that in mind, the RJD would not take any chances to compromise on the Muslim vote bank of Seemanchal area.
20 lakh jobs for Bihar youth: Nitish's I-Day announcement
"Our ambition is to provide jobs to 20 lakh in government and private sectors in the state. Now, people of the new generation (Tejashwi Yadav) have come with us, hence, we will jointly execute our work to provide jobs to the people of Bihar. Our eventual goal is to bring Bihar to the developed state category," Kumar said.
Cong insiders non-committal on Nitish becoming Oppn's PM face
The Congress is silent on the issue and says the focus is Bihar and not national politics. As the government in the state is being formed there is still time to discuss all these issues. Congress leaders do not want to comment on the 2024 situation when the next general election is scheduled to be held. But they insist that any formulation will be led by the Congress, which is the biggest bloc in terms of numbers in the Lower House of Parliament. The Congress will lead any coalition which is like the UPA.
Bihar: CPI (ML) not to take ministerial berth in new govt
Dipankar Bhattacharya, the national general secretary of CPI (ML), made the announcement on Saturday. "We are part of the seven party government in Bihar but we will not take any ministerial berth in it. The Bihar Chief Minister has taken an extremely bold decision in the interest of the nation which is highly appreciable. We will fully support him for the smooth functioning of this government," Bhattacharya said.
Advertisement