For the first time in two decades, BJP’s seats in Nitish Kumar have come down. In such a situation, even though Nitish Kumar’s to wear CM crown, but the representation of JDU in the cabinet may be less than the last time. This time not only BJP and JDU but also Jitanram Manjhi’s HAM and Mukesh Sahni’s VIP party will be participating in Nitish’s cabinet.
Nitish Kumar-led NDA has won 125 seats out of 243 seats this time in Bihar elections, out of which 74 seats have been won by BJP, 43 seats by JDU, 4 seats by Hindustan Awam Morcha and four seats by VIPs. In this way, NDA BJP is the largest party and JDU is the second party. Apart from this, the party of Manjhi and Sahni is in such a situation, with the help of which the NDA is able to cross the majority figure. In such a situation, Nitish Kumar is compelled to give him a place in his cabinet. Before this, only BJP and JDU ministers were made in Nitish’s government.
Ministers can make up 15 percent of the total members in the assembly. There are a total of 243 assembly members in Bihar, based on which 36 ministers can be made. Nitish’s previous government had a total of 31 ministers, including the JDU quota, including the chief minister, and 17 ministers from the BJP quota. Apart from this, Vijay Chaudhary was the Speaker of the JDU quota.
However, at that time BJP had 53 MLAs and JDU had 71 MLAs. On this basis, the formula for the number of ministers in the cabinet was decided. Whose share in the assembly, the same participation in his cabinet.
