Janata Dal-United (JD-U) boss Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Bihar’s new prime minister at 4:30 pm on Monday (Nov 16). It should be noted that Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as the CM of Bihar for the seventh time, a record.
A total of 12 ministers are expected to take the oath along with Nitish Kumar during a performance at Raj Bhawan in Patna. The BJP, which has won 31 more seats than the 43 won by Nitish Kumar’s JD (U), would also have two deputy ministers in Bihar.
Sources claimed that the four-time MLA of Katihar Tarkishore Prasad and Bettiah MLA Renu Devi would be sworn in as the new deputy CMs of Bihar. In particular, Prasad and Renu Devi were elected leader and vice chairman of the BJP legislative party on Sunday during an NDA meeting chaired by Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.
“There are indications that Renu ji (BJP leader Renu Devi) and I will be sworn in as Bihar’s chief deputy ministers,” Tarkishore Prasad told reporters earlier this day.
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Renu Devi said: “I will fulfill the responsibility that the party gave me because I have been in the party since the 80s and I have been doing the responsibility that they gave me, I am a worker and the party has given the responsibility to a worker.”
Here is the list of ministers likely to be sworn in today:
Nitish Kumar- CM (JDU)
Tarkishore Prasad- Dy CM (BJP)
Renu Devi-Deputy CM (BJP)
Nand Kishore Yadav- Speaker (BJP)
Mangal Pandey- BJP
Rampreet Paswan- BJP
Vijendra Yadav- JDU
Vijay Choudhary- JDU
Ashok Choudhary- JDU
Mewalal Choudhary- JDU
Sheela Mandal – JDU
Santosh Manjhi – Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM)
Insaan Mukesh Mallah-Vikassheel Party (VIP)
Union Interior Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda will also attend the swearing-in ceremony.
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In particular, the high-ranking BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who had been Bihar’s Deputy CM for some 15 years, has been replaced and is reported to be able to get a Union Cabinet post.
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