Patna: After NDA's landslide victory in the Bihar elections, JDU senior Nitish Kumar will take oath as Senior Minister for the tenth time on November 20. A senior party leader said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will shepherd the swearing-in ceremony, and at least one deputy senior minister will moreover be appointed.
Who will shepherd the ceremony?
This grand recurrence to be held at Gandhi Maidan will be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, and senior ministers of other NDA-ruled states.
Where will the swearing-in recurrence take place?
The state wardship on Sunday issued an order to tropical Gandhi Maidan for the unstipulated public from November 17 to 20. The notice from Patna district wardship said that the ground will remain sealed for four days for preparation of the ceremony. A senior official said that this will be a grand event for the swearing in of the NDA government. Lakhs of NDA supporters are expected to gather at the function. Tight security arrangements have been made. Will this write a new installment in Bihar politics?
Cabinet wharfage formula final - LJP 3, HAM-RLM 1-1, BJP-JDU divided?
According to sources, the formula for cabinet wharfage has been decided among the allies. Chirag Paswan's LJP(RV) gets 3 berths, and Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM-S and Upendra Kushwaha's RLM get 1 each. BJP will have 16 ministers, JDU will have 14 ministers and a total of 35 members in the cabinet, including CM. The BJP leader said that this will show a well-turned partnership of NDA. Chirag's wife Pragya Singh (won from Sasaram) is moreover likely to get a place in the cabinet. Will smaller allies get this reward?
Nitish's resignation, proposal for dissolution of assembly?
According to the notification of the Cabinet Secretariat, the last meeting of the outgoing cabinet led by Nitish will be held at 11:30 am on Monday. In the meeting, a proposal for dissolution of the Turnout will be passed and recommended to the Governor. After this, Nitish will go to Raj Bhavan, resign, and request for dissolution of the assembly. According to NDA sources, Nitish will be elected leader in the meeting of JDU MLAs, then the NDA leader will be elected in the joint meeting of NDA MLAs. After this, withal with allies, we will present our requirement to the Governor to form the government.
Model Code of Conduct removed, is the roadmap for the new government ready?
Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal on Sunday handed over the list of 243 newly elected MLAs to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan. In the evening, the Referendum Commission removed the Model Code of Conduct from the unshortened state. NDA sources say that this is the end of the referendum process. Now the focus will be on government formation. There was intense worriedness at Nitish's residence on Sunday. Met Union Minister Nityanand Rai, outgoing Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha and former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha. Kushwaha's wife, Snehlata (won from Sasaram) may get a place in the cabinet. Manjhi-Kushwaha met Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi.
