New Delhi: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar himself reviewed the preparations for the swearing-in recurrence to be held at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna at 11 am on Thursday by visiting the spot on Tuesday. Here, talks are going on between JDU and BJP regarding the sharing of ministries and the post of Turnout Speaker. Both the parties are going to hold their respective legislative party meetings on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and several Union Ministers and Chief Ministers of NDA-ruled states will shepherd the event. This will be the whence of Nitish Kumar's fifth subsequent term.
A big majority for NDA, but why silence on ministries?
In the recently terminated turnout elections, NDA has got a well-spoken mandate of 202 seats. Among these, 89 MLAs of BJP, 85 of JDU, 19 of LJP (Ram Vilas), 5 of HAM(S), and 4 of RLM have won. Still, both the major allies—JDU and BJP—are not saying anything openly on who will requirement which ministry. On Tuesday, a three-hour-long meeting was held under the leadership of Amit Shah in Delhi, in which senior leaders of both parties were present.
Will there be two deputy CMs again?
There were two Deputy Chief Ministers in the previous government—Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha. Both have won the elections this time also. There may be indications in the legislative party meeting of both the parties on Wednesday of whether there will be one or two Deputy Chief Ministers. According to the Constitution, a maximum of 36 ministers can be made in Bihar.
Conflict over which ministries?
Both BJP and JDU are eyeing the Home Department, which was with JDU last time. There is moreover a tug of war going on between the two parties regarding the education department. Both of them moreover have a strong requirement on the post of Turnout Speaker. BJP's Prem Kumar and JDU's Vijay Chaudhary are stuff mentioned as possible names.
Will there be major changes in Nitish's cabinet?
A senior NDA leader indicated that this time some new and surprising faces may be seen in Nitish's cabinet. A plan is stuff prepared to have a mix of young and experienced leaders so that work can be washed-up as per the big mandate.
BJP's preparations surpassing the legislature party meeting
Ahead of Wednesday's meeting, BJP has scheduled UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya as an observer. Union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti have been made co-observers. JDU demands that if BJP takes the post of Speaker, then only one Deputy CM should be made.
What will Nitish Kumar do on Wednesday?
Nitish Kumar will be elected the leader of the JDU legislature party at 11 am on Wednesday.
He will be elected the leader of the NDA legislature party at 3:30 pm. After this, he will meet Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and submit the resignation of the old government and stake requirement to form the government on behalf of NDA.
What will be the mathematics of seats in the cabinet?
According to NDA sources, ministries will be distributed based on the number of MLAs of the parties. The injudicious formula is:
- Almost 1 minister for every 6 MLAs
- One post each to RLM and us(S)
- LJP(RV) gets three terms
- The remaining 30-31 seats will be divided between BJP and JDU.
