Patna: As many as 30 MLAs including RJD leader and brother of Deputy CM, Tej Pratap Yadav took oath as minister on Tuesday at Raj Bhavan.
The newly formed “Mahagathbandhan” government expanded nearly a week after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar broke the BJP-led alliance and formed a new government in alliance with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress.
HIGHLIGHTS
- RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav and four other MLAs take oath as ministers, at Raj Bhawan in Patna
- JD(U) MLA Leshi Singh and others take oath as ministers in the Bihar cabinet.
- JD(U) MLA Madan Sahni, RJD MLA Lalit Kumar Yadav and others take oath
- JD(U) MLA Sheela Kumari Mandal, RJD MLA Chandra Shekhar and others take oath as ministers in the Bihar cabinet
- RJD MLAs Anita Devi and Sudhakar Singh take oath
- The new Nitish Kumar led-Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar will go for a floor test on August 24 to prove its majority in the state assembly.
- In an effective strength of 242 in the Bihar Assembly, the BJP stands at 77, the JDU has 45, Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM(S) has 4, RJD has 79, Congress has 19, CPI(M-L) has 12, CPI has 4, while the AIMIM and Independent have one seat each.
- The JDU-RJD-HAM-Congress-CPI(M-L)-CPI grand alliance has a combined strength of 163. The lone Independent MLA has also vowed support to Nitish Kumar, taking its effective strength to 164.
- Nitish Kumar was sworn Chief Minister for a record eighth time on Wednesday after he resigned from the post a day earlier and quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
- RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took oath as Deputy Chief Minister.
- Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance has the support of 164 members in the assembly.
Nitish Kumar broke his alliance with the BJP for the second time in eight years last week before joining hands with RJD and other parties in the Mahagathbandhan including the Congress and Left parties.