Patna: After winning the trust vote comfortably, a happy Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said he would soon expand his cabinet.“Cabinet will be expanded soon,” Manjhi told reporters outside Assembly after winning confidence motion in the House during a special session.
He, however, did not mention the date for
carrying out the expansion and merely said “soon.The CM said his cabinet will be
expanded to its maximum limit of 35. On May 20, 18 members including Manjhi
were sworn in by Governor D Y Patil.All the 15 ministers in the Nitish Kumar
cabinet found berth in the Manjhi government. Two independents–Dulalchand
Goswami and Binay Bihari, extending support to the JD(U) government were also
administered oath on Tuesday.Amid opposition BJP accusation of “immoral”
alliance between JD(U), RJD and Congress to stick to power in the state in
order to keep BJP out, Manjhi said he never asked for support from Lalu
Prasad’s party who voted for his three-day old ministry on its own.
“I had support of 124 MLAs, including 4 of
Congress, against the magic figure of 118 in the House whose effective strength
at present is 237…there was no problem in my ways to win trust vote…but since
RJD voted for me in the name of social justice I thank them,” Manjhi said.Asked
if coming together of Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar after 20 years would
continue in future also, the Bihar CM said, “These are issues of future.”Manjhi,
who hails from Mahadalit community, poorest sub-section among dalits, expressed
fullsome praise for former chief minister Nitish Kumar who chose him as his
successor.
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