Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge
– Photo: ANI
Expansion
The political situation of Bihar has now changed. Congress, which was part of the grand alliance government of Bihar till a few days ago, has now become the opposition. Senior Congress leaders held a meeting to discuss the political developments in Bihar. The meeting was held at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday, which was attended by Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Bihar Congress in-charge Mohan Prakash, Bihar PCC chief Akhilesh Prasad Singh and other senior leaders including MLAs.
If party sources are to be believed, it was discussed what will be the position of Congress in future after Nitish Kumar joins NDA. The strength of the Congress organization in Bihar was discussed. Besides, the situation of Congress in Bihar in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections was also discussed in detail.
Cabinet expansion of the new government
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has recently separated from the ongoing alliance with Congress and Lalu Prasad Yadav. Kumar has now joined BJP. Recently, he took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar on behalf of NDA. During this, two BJP leaders also took oath as Deputy CM. After the formation of the new government, CM Nitish Kumar kept the most talked about Home Department with himself this time too. It is being said that BJP wanted the Home Department in its account. Here, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has been given 9 departments including finance and health. Whereas the second Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha has been given 9 departments including Agriculture, Roads, Revenue and Land Reforms.