Nitish Kumar's Newly Formed Bihar Cabinet Balances Caste Equation, Will This Pave A New Road For NDA?

Nitish Kumar took oath for 7th term as the Chief Minister of Bihar and the new group of cabinet ministers include leaders from every caste. Check Details.

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Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth consecutive term. Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and BJP's Bihar in-charge Bhupendra Yadav were present in the oath ceremony of Bihar cabinet ministers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took to Twitter and congratulated the newly inducted Bihar cabinet Ministers. While Nitish Kumar took for the 7th time, all eyes were on the cabinet ministers. The newly formed cabinet looks balanced based on the caste and the two deputy Chief Ministers from BJP are expected to play an important role in the future of Bihar politics. Also Read|Bihar Govt: All About Tarkishore Prasad And Renu Devi, The Two Deputy CMs In Nitish Kumar Cabinet Take a look at the castes of the Bihar cabinet ministers from BJP:

• Tarkishore Prasad - Vaishya
• Renu Devi-Nonia
• Mangal Pandey-Brahmin
• Rampreet Paswan-Dalit
• Jivesh Kumar Mishra- Bhumihar
• Amrendra Pratap Singh: Rajput
• Ram Surat Rai-Kurmi

Caste of Bihar cabinet ministers from JD(U)

• Vijay Choudhary: Bhumihar
• Vijendra Yadav: Yadav
• Ashoka Choudhary: Pasi
• Mewalal Choudhary: Kushwaha
• Sheela Mandal: EBC

Santosh Suman, son of Jitan Ram Manjhi, HAM chief and Mukesh Sahni from VIP have also been inducted in the Bihar cabinet. the newly formed group of ministers include two women and no Muslim leaders, though the expansion of cabinet is likely to happen soon as said by Devendra Fadnavis. The caste of HAM and VIP ministers:

• Santosh Suman: Mushar
• Mukesh Sahni: Nishad

None of the opposition leaders attending the oath ceremony of Nitish Government. Both RJD and Congress issued a statement to boycott the swearing-in ceremony. "Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) boycotts swearing-in ceremony. The mandate for change is against the NDA. The mandate was changed with ‘Government Order’. Ask the unemployed, farmers, contract workers and teachers of Bihar what is going on with them. People are agitated by the fraud of the NDA. We are the people’s representative and stand with the public,” the party tweeted in Hindi.