Dilip Jaiswal, Bihar Revenue Minister and BJP's state president said that he will quit from the post of minister. "I am going to resign from the post of Revenue Minister. "I am going to resign from the post of Revenue Minister. 'One person, one post' is the principle on which the party works. I am thankful that the central leadership has given me the responsibility of the party's state unit. Cabinet expansion is the prerogative of the chief minister," he added.
Nitish Cabinet expansion likely
His resignation announcement comes amid talks over the Cabinet expansion. According to sources, a consensus was reached between the BJP and the JD-U on cabinet expansion in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's meeting with BJP president JP Nadda yesterday.
Bihar BJP in-charge Vinod Tawde will go to Delhi today with the list of names decided by Bihar BJP, they said, adding after the names are finalised from Delhi, those names will be sent to the CM.
According to the total number of members of Bihar Legislative Assembly, there can be a maximum of 36 ministers. Currently, there are a total of 30 members in the cabinet. Thus, the place of 6 ministers is still vacant.
There are a total of 15 ministers including two deputy chief ministers from the BJP quota in the Nitish Cabinet. While there are a total of 30 ministers, including 13 ministers from JD-U, 1 from HAM party and one independent, including the chief minister.
Among the new ministers, 3 or 4 ministers are likely to be inducted into the Cabinet.