BJP alleges social imbalance, criminalisation in New Bihar Cabinet
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PATNA: The BJP on Tuesday alleged that the brand new cabinet in Bihar mirrored “social imbalance” and patronage to these with legal antecedents within the ‘Mahagathbandhan’, which fashioned authorities after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) severed ties with the saffron occasion.
Senior BJP chief and former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi mentioned in an announcement that “two communities” had grabbed “more than 33 per cent” of berths within the 33-strong cabinet that features the Chief Minister and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav who has returned as his deputy.
Modi’s allusion was to Yadavs and Muslims, largely seen as loyal to the RJD.
The two social teams collectively have 13 cabinet berths, together with these from the Chief Minister’s JD(U) and the Congress.
The former Deputy CM additionally referred to severe legal instances in opposition to new inductees like Lalit Yadav, Surendra Yadav, Ramanand Yadav, and Kartikeya Singh.
He additionally identified that the brand new cabinet had “zero representation” from amongst Telis and higher caste Kayasthas whereas the variety of Rajputs has gone down in contrast with the earlier authorities of which BJP was a component.
“I wonder what are Nitish Kumar’s compulsions (majboori) behind agreeing to such social imbalance and criminalisation”, mentioned Modi.
In what could also be indicative of the long run technique, a couple of BJP chief railed in opposition to “marginalization” of ‘ ati pichhra’ (EBCs) within the new dispensation.
While Modi underscored that Renu Devi, an EBC, was made Deputy CM by the BJP, no minister from the sizeable, however disorganised, social group was thought of for the highest job this time.
State BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal claimed in a Facebook submit that the variety of EBCs within the cabinet has dropped from six to solely three.
BJP OBC Morcha nationwide common secretary Nikhil Anand alleged that “marginalisation” of the EBCs was a “betrayal” on a part of Nitish Kumar who “won over this social segment, riding on BJP’s back”.
“Nitish and Tejashwi seem to have declared a revolt (bagavat) against the EBCs. The BJP will not allow this injustice”, he added.
Portfolios have been on Tuesday allotted within the new Bihar cabinet headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who, predictably, retained the all-important dwelling division which helps him preserve direct management on the state police.
Most ministers of his JD(U) have been again with the portfolios they earlier held.
The RJD and the Congress, the brand new allies in energy, have gotten departments that have been beforehand held by the BJP.
Besides Home, Kumar has stored with himself common administration, cabinet secretariat, election and “any other departments not assigned to others”, mentioned an official communication.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who’s again as deputy CM after 5 years, has received key portfolios like well being, street development, city housing and growth and rural works.
Yadav’s elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav has been given surroundings, forestry and local weather change.
Interestingly, Tej Pratap Yadav was the well being minister within the earlier “Mahagathbandhan” authorities of 2015-2017, and there have been speculations in a piece of the media that the temperamental chief “wanted his department back”.
When the BJP shared energy, the portfolio had remained with Mangal Pandey, a former state president of the occasion.
Besides the CM and the deputy CM, solely Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (finance, business tax and parliamentary affairs), Bijendra Yadav (energy and planning and growth) and Sanjay Kumar Jha (water sources and data and public relations division) have gotten a couple of portfolios.
All three belong to the JD(U).
Allocation of finance to Chaudhary is a big departure from the previous because the portfolio has remained with the JD(U)’s allies for probably the most half.
Then deputy CMs Sushil Kumar Modi and Tarkishor Prasad held the finance portfolio, whereas within the “Mahagathbandhan” half 1, RJD’s Abdul Bari Siddiqui was accountable for finance.
Siddiqui, a seasoned politician, is at present not a member of both House within the state legislature and therefore, has not been inducted into the ministry.
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, nevertheless, has been divested of training which has gone to RJD’s Chandrashekhar, a tutorial by career.
Other JD(U) ministers who maintain their earlier portfolios embody Ashok Choudhary (constructing development), Shravan Kumar (rural growth), Sheela Kumari (transport), Sunil Kumar (prohibition, excise and registration), Zama Khan (minority affairs), Leshi Singh (meals and shopper safety) and Madan Sahni (social welfare).
JD(U) minister Jayant Raj, whose rural works portfolio has been handed over to the deputy CM, will now maintain minor water sources, which was beforehand held by Santosh Kumar Suman of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM).
Suman, whose father Jitan Ram Manjhi is a former CM and his occasion’s founder, retains SC/ST welfare.
Independent MLA Sumit Kumar Singh, who give up the NDA by the use of solidarity in the direction of the chief minister, will proceed to carry science and know-how.
The new industries minister is Samir Kumar Mahaseth of the RJD.
The division had of late been in a little bit of limelight because of the dynamism of BJP chief Syed Shahnawaz Hussain who held the portfolio until his occasion misplaced energy.
Congress ministers Afaque Alam and Murari Gautam have gotten animal husbandry and fisheries and Panchayati Raj respectively.
Sudhakar Singh, son of state RJD president Jagadanand Singh, has been entrusted with agriculture, whereas occasion veterans Alok Kumar Mehta and Lalit Yadav have gotten income and land reforms and public well being engineering departments respectively.
Other RJD ministers are Surendra Prasad Yadav (cooperatives), Ramanand Yadav (mining and geology), Anita Devi (OBC and EBC welfare), Jitendra Kumar Rai (artwork, tradition and youth affairs), Kartikeya Kumar (legislation), Shahnawaz Alam (catastrophe administration), Shameem Ahmed (sugarcane trade), Surendra Ram (labour sources) and Israel Mansoori (info know-how).
PATNA: The BJP on Tuesday alleged that the brand new cabinet in Bihar mirrored “social imbalance” and patronage to these with legal antecedents within the ‘Mahagathbandhan’, which fashioned authorities after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) severed ties with the saffron occasion.
Senior BJP chief and former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi mentioned in an announcement that “two communities” had grabbed “more than 33 per cent” of berths within the 33-strong cabinet that features the Chief Minister and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav who has returned as his deputy.
Modi’s allusion was to Yadavs and Muslims, largely seen as loyal to the RJD.
The two social teams collectively have 13 cabinet berths, together with these from the Chief Minister’s JD(U) and the Congress.
The former Deputy CM additionally referred to severe legal instances in opposition to new inductees like Lalit Yadav, Surendra Yadav, Ramanand Yadav, and Kartikeya Singh.
He additionally identified that the brand new cabinet had “zero representation” from amongst Telis and higher caste Kayasthas whereas the variety of Rajputs has gone down in contrast with the earlier authorities of which BJP was a component.
“I wonder what are Nitish Kumar’s compulsions (majboori) behind agreeing to such social imbalance and criminalisation”, mentioned Modi.
In what could also be indicative of the long run technique, a couple of BJP chief railed in opposition to “marginalization” of ‘ ati pichhra’ (EBCs) within the new dispensation.
While Modi underscored that Renu Devi, an EBC, was made Deputy CM by the BJP, no minister from the sizeable, however disorganised, social group was thought of for the highest job this time.
State BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal claimed in a Facebook submit that the variety of EBCs within the cabinet has dropped from six to solely three.
BJP OBC Morcha nationwide common secretary Nikhil Anand alleged that “marginalisation” of the EBCs was a “betrayal” on a part of Nitish Kumar who “won over this social segment, riding on BJP’s back”.
“Nitish and Tejashwi seem to have declared a revolt (bagavat) against the EBCs. The BJP will not allow this injustice”, he added.
Portfolios have been on Tuesday allotted within the new Bihar cabinet headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who, predictably, retained the all-important dwelling division which helps him preserve direct management on the state police.
Most ministers of his JD(U) have been again with the portfolios they earlier held.
The RJD and the Congress, the brand new allies in energy, have gotten departments that have been beforehand held by the BJP.
Besides Home, Kumar has stored with himself common administration, cabinet secretariat, election and “any other departments not assigned to others”, mentioned an official communication.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who’s again as deputy CM after 5 years, has received key portfolios like well being, street development, city housing and growth and rural works.
Yadav’s elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav has been given surroundings, forestry and local weather change.
Interestingly, Tej Pratap Yadav was the well being minister within the earlier “Mahagathbandhan” authorities of 2015-2017, and there have been speculations in a piece of the media that the temperamental chief “wanted his department back”.
When the BJP shared energy, the portfolio had remained with Mangal Pandey, a former state president of the occasion.
Besides the CM and the deputy CM, solely Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (finance, business tax and parliamentary affairs), Bijendra Yadav (energy and planning and growth) and Sanjay Kumar Jha (water sources and data and public relations division) have gotten a couple of portfolios.
All three belong to the JD(U).
Allocation of finance to Chaudhary is a big departure from the previous because the portfolio has remained with the JD(U)’s allies for probably the most half.
Then deputy CMs Sushil Kumar Modi and Tarkishor Prasad held the finance portfolio, whereas within the “Mahagathbandhan” half 1, RJD’s Abdul Bari Siddiqui was accountable for finance.
Siddiqui, a seasoned politician, is at present not a member of both House within the state legislature and therefore, has not been inducted into the ministry.
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, nevertheless, has been divested of training which has gone to RJD’s Chandrashekhar, a tutorial by career.
Other JD(U) ministers who maintain their earlier portfolios embody Ashok Choudhary (constructing development), Shravan Kumar (rural growth), Sheela Kumari (transport), Sunil Kumar (prohibition, excise and registration), Zama Khan (minority affairs), Leshi Singh (meals and shopper safety) and Madan Sahni (social welfare).
JD(U) minister Jayant Raj, whose rural works portfolio has been handed over to the deputy CM, will now maintain minor water sources, which was beforehand held by Santosh Kumar Suman of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM).
Suman, whose father Jitan Ram Manjhi is a former CM and his occasion’s founder, retains SC/ST welfare.
Independent MLA Sumit Kumar Singh, who give up the NDA by the use of solidarity in the direction of the chief minister, will proceed to carry science and know-how.
The new industries minister is Samir Kumar Mahaseth of the RJD.
The division had of late been in a little bit of limelight because of the dynamism of BJP chief Syed Shahnawaz Hussain who held the portfolio until his occasion misplaced energy.
Congress ministers Afaque Alam and Murari Gautam have gotten animal husbandry and fisheries and Panchayati Raj respectively.
Sudhakar Singh, son of state RJD president Jagadanand Singh, has been entrusted with agriculture, whereas occasion veterans Alok Kumar Mehta and Lalit Yadav have gotten income and land reforms and public well being engineering departments respectively.
Other RJD ministers are Surendra Prasad Yadav (cooperatives), Ramanand Yadav (mining and geology), Anita Devi (OBC and EBC welfare), Jitendra Kumar Rai (artwork, tradition and youth affairs), Kartikeya Kumar (legislation), Shahnawaz Alam (catastrophe administration), Shameem Ahmed (sugarcane trade), Surendra Ram (labour sources) and Israel Mansoori (info know-how).
