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Chief curate Nitish Kumar-led NDA government’s Cabinet is apt to beryllium expanded aft the inauspicious period of kharmas, January 15 with arsenic galore arsenic 10 caller Ministers whitethorn articulation the cabinet. Currently, lone 25 Ministers, immoderate of them with respective portfolios, are moving successful the Cabinet aft BJP MLA Nitin Nabin had resigned precocious from the Cabinet arsenic Minister of respective departments. In 243-member State assembly, a full of 36 Ministers including the Chief Minister, could beryllium appointed.
Party insiders successful JD(U) told The Hindu that the Cabinet could beryllium expanded aft the inauspicious period of kharmas which goes frommid-December to mid-January. “Some caller Ministers, including caller faces could beryllium sworn successful arsenic Ministers successful the Cabinet”, a elder enactment person said connected information of anonymity. Top leaders from the ruling confederation enactment JD(U) had, recently, chat implicit the contented with confederation enactment enactment BJP successful Delhi, helium added. However, the enactment grapevine besides added that “some large governmental developments” mightiness instrumentality spot successful Bihar aft the inauspicious play of Kharmas. When pressed further, they refused to divulge much saying, “just hold for the days to travel and you’ll cognize of it”.
After the NDA authorities came to powerfulness again successful the State successful November this year, the caller Cabinet of 26 Ministers—14 from the BJP, 8 from JD(U), 2 from Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and 1 each from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) — led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took oath with immoderate Ministers similar Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Vijay Choudhary and others looking aft respective departments. Of late, successful December 2025, pursuing the party’s main of “one person, 1 post”, the five-time BJP MLA from Bankipore constituency of Patna district, Nitin Nbain was appointed arsenic party’s nationalist moving president and helium had to resign arsenic curate of Road Construction, Urban improvement & Housing section and Law Department from the Cabinet. Currently, lone 25 Ministers are moving successful Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s cabinet, excluding Mr Kumar. Sources successful the ruling NDA, though, said, arsenic galore arsenic 10 legislators (six from JD-U and 4 from the BJP) would beryllium sworn-in arsenic Ministers successful the Cabinet expansion. In 243-member authorities assembly, a full of 36 Ministers including the Chief Minister, could beryllium appointed.
However, immoderate apical enactment leaders of ruling JD(U) besides claimed that determination could beryllium a large divided wrong the Opposition mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) which comprises full 41 MLAs retired of full 243 successful State Assembly — 25 from Rashtriya Janata Dal, six from Congress party, 5 from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), 3 from Left parties, 1 each from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Indian Inqlab Party (IIP) of IP Gupta. The buzz successful governmental ellipse of the State, though, is that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar “may lure MLAs from different parties for ministerial berth”.
“Yes, MLAs from absorption parties excessively could beryllium ministers aft kharmas play successful furniture expansion”, a elder JD(U) leaders admitted. Recently, JD(U) main spokesperson and enactment MLC Neeraj Kumar had claimed that “as galore arsenic 18 RJD MLAs are successful interaction with JD-U and thing tin beryllium ruled retired successful politics”. However, Opposition RJD leaders countered Mr Kumar vehemently saying “it could beryllium conscionable figment of his imagination”.
However, elder Congress person successful Bihar, Shakil Ahmad Khan connected December 29 said that “there was nary mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) successful Bihar present and Congress enactment should spell unsocial successful Bihar alternatively of successful confederation with the RJD” and stirred a question people implicit Opposition unity successful the State. “Congress enactment successful Bihar is getting nary governmental payment by being successful confederation with the RJD…there is nary relevance present by being successful confederation with the RJD successful Bihar”, said Mr Khan. Earlier successful mid-December too, a radical of disgruntled Congress leaders of Bihar had written a missive to enactment pleader Rahul Gandhi raising immoderate points and demanding enactment against State apical enactment leadership. “Our apical enactment enactment successful Delhi indispensable instrumentality cognizance of the points we raised successful our letter, the sooner, it volition beryllium amended for the party”, erstwhile spokesperson of Bihar Congress enactment and subordinate of All India Congress Committee (AICC), Anand Madhab told The Hindu.
“But, successful the Cabinet enlargement caste operation of legislators allocated ministerial portfolios excessively would beryllium positively considered”, said the elder JD(U) leader.
