Bihar cabinet enlargement: Who are 7 new ministers in Nitish Kumar’s cabinet and why BJP picked them

NEW DELHI: The Bihar authorities on Wednesday inducted 7 MLAs from the Bharatiya Janata occasion into chief minister Nitish Kumar-led cabinet. The state cabinet will now operate at its most energy (36) permissible in the state with a 243-strong meeting.
Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oaths of the newly inducted ministers.

Who are the 7 new faces?

Jibesh Kumar is a member of the meeting from Jale constituency, he was minister until August 2022, when CM Nitish Kumar jumped ship accusing the BJP of making an attempt to “break” JDU. Jibesh was minister of labour assets division.
Another inductee, Sunil Kumar is MLA from Bihar Sharif, in the CM’s pocket borough Nalanda, for as many occasions, thrice on a JDU ticket earlier than crossing over to the BJP in 2015.
Sanjay Saraogi additionally took oath as minister. He is a fifth-term MLA from Darbhanga.
Another BJP MLA who took oath was Raju Kumar Singh. He is MLA from Sahebganj in Muzaffarpur. Singh gained the seat in 2020 on a ticket of Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP), floated by former Bollywood set designer Mukesh Sahni.
The VIP had gained altogether three seats however all of the MLAs joined BJP two years in the past after Sahni burnt his bridges with the saffron occasion, dropping his cabinet berth in the cut price.
Krishna Kumar Mantu additionally took oath as a minister. He represents Amnour Saran district. He not too long ago organised ‘Kurmi Chetna Rally’ in Patna, with a view to reaching out to the highly effective OBC neighborhood to which the JDU supremo belongs.
The remaining two inductees have been Vijay Kumar Mandal, who represents Sikti in Araria district and Moti Lal Prasad, the MLA from Riga in Sitamarhi.

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The enlargement highlights a cautious calculation of the BJP’s help that occurred a day after the occasion’s nationwide president chaired a gathering of the “core group” in Patna.
Two of the new ministers, Jibesh Kumar (Bhumihar) and Raju Kumar Singh (Rajput), belong to the higher castes, which represent simply over 10 % of Bihar’s inhabitants.
Despite their comparatively small demographic, these castes have persistently been among the many BJP’s most loyal voters for many years.
Additionally, apart from Sunil Kumar, all hail from the area north of the Ganges, the place the NDA has been performing higher than the rival RJD, Congress and Left mix.
Earlier, BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal introduced his resignation from his ministerial put up as income minister citing the occasion’s “One Person, One Post” coverage.
“I am going to resign from the post of revenue minister. ‘One person, one post’ is the principle on which the party works. I am thankful that the central leadership has given me the responsibility of the party’s state unit,” Jaiswal stated.
(With company inputs)