Nitish Kumar will take oath today, this name is at the forefront in the race of Deputy CM

Patna, Ta. 16 November 2020, Monday

Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for the seventh time today. The matter is being discussed at length in Patna. Governor Fagu Chauhan will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Nitish Kumar at Raj Bhavan at 4.30 pm today.

At present, a formula of two ministers for every seven seats has been adopted to determine the ministerial post. Under which an estimated 16 ministers can be sworn in today. It has 7 BJP, 7 JDU, 1 HAM and 1 VIP quota.

Nitish Kumar will be given the oath of office and secrecy.

According to the constitutional provision, the Bihar Legislative Assembly with 243 members can have 36 ministers. However, most of the seats in Nitish Kumar's cabinet will remain vacant. News is coming that 16 ministers will be sworn in at this time. According to sources, Bijendra Yadav, Ashok Chaudhary, Vijay Chaudhary, Shravan Kumar and Lacey Singh are likely to become ministers on behalf of the JDU. On the other hand, some names are yet to be decided.

Here is the updated list of ministers who have been sworn in with Nitish Kumar.

1 Vijay Chaudhary

2 Vijendra Yadav

3 Ashok Chaudhary

4 Mewala Chaudhary

5 Sheila Mandal

BJP

1 Tarakishore Prasad

2 Renu Devi

Hum

1 Satisfaction Manzi

VIP

1 Mukesh Sahni

BJP's eye on the post of speaker

On the other hand, Rajnath Singh, an observer and defense minister from the central government, announced that Nitish Kumar has been elected as the leader of the NDA MLA party. According to sources, Tarakishore Prasad and Renu Devi are in the race for deputy CM. While Sushil Kumar Modi's name has been removed. It is said that BJP is also keeping an eye for the post of Speaker.