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By: Shree1news, 12 NOV 2020
JDU leader and NDA ally Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for one more time period on November 16 after the NDA victory in Assembly elections. Within the outcomes that got here on November 10, the NDA that fought the elections underneath its chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar managed to bag 125 seats within the 243-member Assembly.
Even because the NDA top leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has introduced that Nitish Kumar would be the new CM, there may be additionally a buzz that the brand new Cabinet may have two Deputy Chief Ministers from the BJP, just like the arrangement in Uttar Pradesh.
The role of Nitish Kumar is thus expected to endure a change within the new government since his party has gained solely 43 seats, a lot lower than the BJP’s 74 seats. Because of this, the JD-U will play the position of ‘younger brother’ within the new Cabinet.
The BJP can not nonetheless afford to take a danger by placing pressure on Nitish Kumar for the Chief Minister’s post since its top leadership is aware of that he has the choice to switch sides.
Nitish can even face the challenges to maintain the NDA forces united because the alliance has simply three seats more than a simple majority of 122 seats. On this case, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) led by Jitan Ram Manjhi and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) have assumed the position of king-makers, regardless of their pre-poll alliance with the NDA.
These two parties are prone to declare essential portfolios within the bargain. The previous history of those two parties will likely be useful for the JD-U and BJP within the new Bihar government.
Nitish Kumar had given the CM post to Manjhi in 2014 in Bihar but when the JD-U chief asked Manjhi to step down, he refused and went over to the Mahagathbandhan.
VIP leader Mukesh Sahani was additionally within the Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance of the opposition however demanded 25 Assembly seats to contest other than the post of Deputy CM from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. When Tejashwi Yadav didn’t introduced it in a press conference, he left the press conference midway and joined the NDA the very next day.
As per the 2015 equation, each alliance associate of the NDA has bagged one portfolio within the ratio of four MLAs. Thus, the number of BJP Ministers will likely be larger compared with the JD-U within the new Cabinet. Furthermore, HAM and VIP have gained four seats every however are prone to declare at the very least 2 portfolios every because of their significance for the survival of the brand new government.
