Bihar: Nitish Kumar expands Cupboard — all 7 new faces BJP, a number of turncoats

One other notable face is Krishna Kumar Mantu, the MLA from Amnour in Saran district, who was lately within the information for organising a ‘Kurmi Chetna Rally’ in Patna, with a view to reaching out to the highly effective OBC group to which the JD(U) supremo belongs.

The remaining inductees are Vijay Kumar Mandal, who represents Sikti, in Araria district, and Moti Lal Prasad, the MLA from Riga in Sitamarhi.

A cautious calculation of the BJP’s assist base appears to have been at work within the cupboard growth that befell a day after the get together’s nationwide president chaired a gathering of its core group right here.

Two of the brand new ministers, Jibesh Kumar (Bhumihar) and Raju Kumar Singh (Rajput), belong to the higher castes, which make up solely slightly over 10 per cent of Bihar’s inhabitants in Bihar — however have been the BJP’s most loyal voters for many years.

Excluding Sunil Kumar, all hail from the area north of the Ganges, the place the NDA has been performing higher than the rival RJD, Congress and Left mix, who’re additionally INDIA bloc allies on the nationwide degree.