Bihar CM Nitish Kumar gets new cabinet: 27 MLAs take oath in Patna's Raj Bhawan

Nitish's cabinet is set too have only one woman MLA, that too from JD(U)

27 MLAs take oath in Bihar cabinet

Bihar: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to elect his new cabinet on Saturday after a major reshuffle that took place after dissolving his previous government and joining hands with BJP. LATEST UPDATES:

• JDU'S Vijendra Yadav takes oath, has been Finance, Commerce and Electricity Ministry in the past

• BJP's Prem Kumar takes oath as Bihar cabinet minister

• Lalan Singh takes oath in Bihar cabinet
• Nand Kishore Yadav from BJP takes oath in Bihar cabinet, is an MLA from Patna Sahib

• Shravan Kumar takes oath in Bihar cabinet. Is an MLA from JD(U)

• Ramnarayan Mandal takes oath in Bihar cabinet, is a BJP MLA from Banki

• Jai Kumar Singh from JDU takes oath. Is a Rajput MLA from Dinara since 2010

• Pramod Kumar, a BJP MLA takes swears-in in Bihar cabinet

• Krishna Nandan Verma takes oath on Bihar cabinet. Is a JDU MLA from Ghosi

• Maheshwari Hazari, Ram Vilas Paswan's brother takes oath in Bihar cabinet, is a JDU MLA

• Vinod Narayan Jha takes oath Bihar Cabinet

• Shailesh Kumar takes oath in Bihar cabinet. Is an MLA from Munger and is a part of JDU

• Suresh Sharma from BJP takes oath in Bihar Cabinet

• JDU MLA Kumari Manju Verma takes oath in cabinet. Is the only female MLA in Bihar cabinet

• Vijay Kumar Sinha from BJP takes oath in Bihar cabinet

• Santosh Narala from JDU takes oath in Bihar Cabinet. He is considered as a youth leader

• Rana Randhir Singh from BJP takes oath. He is a Rajput

• Feroz Ahmed, the only Muslim MLA from JDU takes oath

• Vinod Kumar Singh from BJP takes oath. He is an MLA from Pranpur

• Krishi Kumar Rishi takes oath

• Kapil Dev Kamat takes oath. He is a JDU MLA from Madhubani

• Dinesh Chandra Yadav from JDU takes oath

• Ramesh Sridev, JDU MLA from Midhopur takes oath

• Braj Kishore Bind from BJP takes oath, is becoming a minister for the first time. Belongs to EBC caste

• Pashupati Kumar Paras from LJP takes oath, is Ram Vilas Paswan's brother

Of the 27 MLAs that took oath, 16 would be from NDA and 19 from JDU. The oath taking ceremony will take place at 5pm at Raj Bhawan in Patna. Of the 27 MLAs, 3 are Yadavs, 6 are from (Economically Backward classes) EBC, 3 are Dalits and 1 is Muslim. It is surprising to see that only one seat has been given to a woman, that too from JD(U), who already held a position. No seat has been allotted to a woman by BJP. A ministerial post has also been given to Bihar-based Ram Vilas Paswan’s brother from Lok Janshakti Party that is a part of the NDA. The new NDA government came to power in Bihar after clearing the floor test in Bihar Assembly on Friday after attaining 131 votes.