Bihar Cabinet Expansion: 21 New Ministers Inducted in Nitish Kumar-Led Government

The MLAs from both the JDU and the BJP took oath as the state ministers at the swearing-in ceremony held late Friday evening at Raj Bhavan in Patna. The event also formally marked the induction of six first-time miniters out of the 12 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs, who were sworn in on Friday.

Among the MLAs, who took oath as the minister of Bihar, ex-Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi, Mangal Pandey, Aruna Devi, Dilip Jaiswal, Hari Sahni, Surendra Mehta and Santosh Singh.

The Bihar Cabinet expansion on Friday took everyone by surprise, as the list consists of names, who were sworn in as the minister of the state for the first time.

Notably, CM Nitish Kumar on January 28 took oath as the chief minister of Bihar for the 9th time after rejoining the NDA in the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Along with him, two Deputy CM and a few other MLAs had also taken oath as the minister. This event was followed after he parted ways from the INDI Alliance which included Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress and other opposition parties.