Grand expansion of Samrat cabinet in Bihar, Nitish’s son Nishant will become minister, oath taking will take place in the presence of PM Modi and Shah at Gandhi Maidan.

digital desk- A new chapter is going to be added tomorrow in the politics of Bihar. Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary’s cabinet is going to be expanded on Thursday, in which many new faces will be given place to adjust the power equations. The biggest name coming forward in this expansion is Nishant Kumar. According to sources, after much persuasion by JDU leaders, Nishant Kumar has finally agreed to enter active politics and accept the ministerial post. Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar has till now remained away from the glare of politics. According to the information, he had earlier rejected the offer of ministerial post, but after seeing the intervention of senior JDU leaders and future strategies, he has now given his consent. Nishant’s entry into the cabinet is being considered a big signal towards succession and leadership of the new generation within JDU.

Cabinet’s ’15-15′ formula and alliance partners

Preparations for this grand ceremony to be held at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna are going on war footing, in order to enhance its dignity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah will also be specially involved. The formula that is emerging regarding the expansion of the cabinet is said to be ’15-15′, under which 13 new ministers of BJP and 12 of JDU are likely to take oath. In this expansion, other alliance partners have also been given full attention, in which Chirag Paswan’s party (LJP Ram Vilas), Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party (HAM) and Upendra Kushwaha’s party (RLMO) are considered certain to get respectable places in the cabinet. Before this important swearing-in, Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary had a long meeting with Nitish Kumar before leaving for Delhi, in which all these names were finalized.

Samrat Chaudhary: Journey from Deputy CM to CM

Samrat Chaudhary took charge of the state by taking oath as the 24th Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15. Along with him, Vijendra Yadav and Vijay Chaudhary took oath as Deputy CM. With Samrat Chaudhary becoming the CM, an old myth of Bihar politics was also broken. He is the second leader in the history of Bihar after Karpoori Thakur, who first served as Deputy CM and later reached the post of Chief Minister. Samrat Chaudhary’s political journey has been quite diverse. He started his career with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). After this he joined JDU and was also a minister in Jitan Ram Manjhi’s government in 2014. Later he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and today is handling the reins of Bihar as the state chief.