New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet today with RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav and four other MLAs taking oath as ministers, at Raj Bhawan in Patna.
A total of 31 ministers were inducted into the cabinet from various parties including the Congress.
Earlier, Janata Dal (United) MLA Leshi Singh had confirmed that she will be getting a post in the cabinet and she also thanked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for it.
#Bihar cabinet expansion | RJD leaders Tej Pratap Yadav, Alok Mehta, Lalit Yadav, Surendra Yadav and Kumar Sarvjeet are expected to take the oath as ministers at Raj Bhawan today pic.twitter.com/3uLORDWsjh
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Earlier this month, Nitish Kumar had broke his alliance with the BJP and formed a government with the RJD and other parties. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy–RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav had taken oath on August 10.
This is a developing story.
