Reportedly cabinet expansion may take place in bihar on 19th February. Sources gave this information. When cm nitish kumar took oath as cm, eight ministers were also sworn in. Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha, who are Deputy CMs, have nine departments each. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary has six departments and shravan Kumar has three departments. We have also got a department. It is noteworthy that the newly formed nda government led by nitish kumar in bihar on monday (February 12) won the trust vote in the assembly amid the walkout of the members of the 'Grand Alliance'. A total of 129 votes were cast in favor of the confidence motion in the 243-member bihar assembly, while the opposition members walked out of the House. At the time of division of votes, Vice President Maheshwar Hazari was on the chair.
Meanwhile Maheshwar Hazari, on the request of Parliamentary Affairs minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, ordered the counting of members after announcing that the resolution was passed by voice vote. Kumar had recently left the Grand Alliance in which Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is the main constituent. Nitish again returned to nda and formed the government with the support of BJP. Previously while participating in the discussion, the JDU president alleged that RJD was involved in corruption during its rule in the state and the new nda government will conduct an investigation in this matter. Kumar claimed that many communal riots took place in bihar during RJD's tenure. He said, “There was no law and order. RJD was involved in corruption during its rule (before 2005). I will get it investigated.”
Moreover RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said in the assembly that he always considered nitish kumar as a 'father figure' and he did not know why he was forced to leave the 'Grand Alliance' and return to the BJP-led NDA. During the discussion on the trust motion moved by the Kumar-led national democratic alliance (NDA) government in the assembly, Tejashwi also took a dig at the chief minister for taking oath for the record ninth time and for the third time within a tenure of five years and said that such an example Never seen before. The former Deputy chief minister said, “I always considered nitish kumar like ‘Dasaratha’ (the main character of the epic Ramayana). I don't know what compelled him to betray the grand alliance."
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