When Tarkishore Prasad, a member of the Back Caste, and Renu Devi of the Extremely Backward Caste (EBC), sat next to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the podium in the Rajendra auditorium during the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhawan in Patna , the message was loud and clear: the Bharatiya …
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The other deputy CM Renu Devi has been assigned Panchayati Raj, Welfare of the backward classes and industry. The BJP has won some ministries such as Industry, Panchayati Raj (now with Renu Devi), Disaster Management (now with Tarkishore Prasad), Sugarcane Industries (now with Amarendra Pratap Singh) and Law (now with …
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A day after 14 ministers from Bihar’s new cabinet were sworn in, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced the portfolios. This is the first time that Bihar will have two deputy chief ministers. The new Bihar government has fourteen ministers: seven from the BJP, five from the JD (U) and one …
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The new cabinet in Bihar, under Prime Minister-elect Nitish Kumar, is likely to have two deputy ministers. This is because Kumar’s ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) elected Katihar MLA Tarkishore Prasad and Bettiah MLA Renu Devi as leader and vice chair respectively of their legislative party on Sunday, indicating …
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