Patna (Bihar) [India]Aug 20 (ANI): Rubbishing rumours, Janata Dal (United) on Saturday confirmed that it is not holding any meeting of the party’s national executive on August 29, the party confirmed through a press release. .
“There is news going on in the media that the National Executive meeting of Janata Dal-United is being scheduled on August 29, 2022. The party clarifies with full responsibility that no such meeting of the National Executive of the party is going to happen. On August 29, 2022,” the official said.
Earlier it was reported that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would preside over the meeting regarding the current political situation after the new government in the state and it was also said that during the meeting, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, ministers of the state government under JDU quota, would be present in both the houses of Parliament. MPs, MLAs, MLCs and other leaders will participate, but the party called it a rumour.
The political landscape in the state has changed since angered by the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitish Kumar broke the alliance with the BJP and staked claim to form the government with the RJD earlier this month.
Kumar took oath as chief minister for a record eighth time on August 10 and expanded his cabinet a week after breaking the alliance with the BJP.
A total of 31 ministers from different parties that were part of the grand alliance or grand alliance in the state were inducted into the Bihar cabinet.
Bihar Governor Fagu Chauhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers at Raj Bhavan on 16 August.
RJD got 16 ministerial posts while Janata Dal (United) got 11 ministers.
On behalf of RJD, Tej Pratap Yadav, brother of Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Sameer Kumar Mahaseth, Chandrashekhar, Kumar Sarvjit, Lalit Yadav, Surendra Prasad Yadav, Ramanand Yadav, Jitendra Kumar Rai, Anita Devi and Sudhakar Singh and Alok Mehta took oath.
Congress MLAs Afaq Alam and Murari Lal Gautam were inducted into the cabinet as ministers, while Santosh Suman of Hindustani Awam Morcha also took oath.
There can be 36 ministers including the Chief Minister in the Bihar cabinet. Sources said that some ministerial posts will be kept vacant for future cabinet expansion.
Nitish Kumar had snapped ties with the BJP and formed the government with the RJD and other parties earlier this month. The chief minister and his deputy RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav took oath on August 10.
The combined strength of Bihar Mahagathbandhan is 163. Its effective strength increased to 164 after independent MLA Sumit Kumar Singh extended his support to Nitish Kumar. The new government can prove majority in the Bihar assembly on August 24.
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