Meritorious Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar He is all set to take oath for the eighth time on Wednesday and will now lead a coalition of seven parties backed by an independent. While Kumar, who broke away from his ally BJP for the second time in eight years, is yet to announce his new cabinet, sources have told News18 that the Congress is set to get the president’s post, while RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav Will return as deputy. Chief Minister.
The portfolio allocated to BJP ministers will go to Lalu Prasad’s RJD, while the Janata Dal United (JDU) bid will remain with the party. Madan Mohan Jha, Ajit Sharma and Shakeel Ahmed Khan from Congress may be part of the cabinet.
Ministers of Panchayati Raj and Transport Department are likely to change, although General Administration Department and Home will remain with Nitish Kumar.
The Congress has 19 MLAs in the 243-member Bihar Assembly, while the JD(U) has 43, RJD 79, CPI(ML) 12 and CPI and CPI(M) two each. The BJP has 77 MLAs in Bihar while the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) led by Jitan Ram Manjhi has four. There is one Independent MLA in the House while one seat is vacant.
The top Congress leadership in Delhi, however, was silent on the developments in Bihar and was negotiating the formation of a new government. Earlier, the Congress had said it would be part of a non-BJP alliance in Bihar to help consolidate secular forces. The party said like in Maharashtra where it helped piece together the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government by backing the Shiv Sena, which was ideologically opposite, it would forge an alliance with Kumar who has been with them in the past.
Nitish Kumar is understood to have told JD(U) MLAs and MPs at a meeting called at his official residence that they were pushed against the wall by the BJP, which had earlier promoted Chirag Paswan’s rebellion against his party. Tried to weaken and later through its former national president RCP Singh.
Relations between the BJP and the JD(U) were deteriorating due to disagreements over several issues, including caste census, population control and the ‘Agneepath’ defense recruitment scheme.
The BJP, however, accused the Bihar chief minister of “insulting and betraying” the people’s mandate, while claiming that his “prime minister’s ambition” was part of the JD(U)’s decision to walk out of the NDA and join hands with the NDA. reason. RJD-led opposition in the state.
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