Patna:- Before the swearing-in ceremony of the new Bihar government, which is going to be held on November 20, intense lobbying is still going on among the NDA allies regarding the distribution of cabinet ministers and the post of Assembly Speaker. According to sources, efforts are on to reach a consensus on the post of Assembly Speaker, as both BJP and JDU are vying for this post. In the last assembly, BJP's Nand Kishore Yadav was the Speaker.
Senior JDU and BJP leaders are holding meetings in Delhi, where apart from the post of Speaker, the distribution of chief ministries is also the main agenda. According to sources, Vijay Chaudhary from JDU and Prem Kumar from BJP are the frontrunners for the post of Speaker. Maximum 16 ministers. (New faces may come compared to the previous cabinet).
14 ministers including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The JDU party is preparing to repeat the ministers of the previous cabinet. JDU sources say that due to the increase in their seats, they want more representation this time compared to the previous 12 ministers.
Meanwhile, if we talk about small posts, Chirag Paswan's LJP (RV): Probably 3 ministerial posts. Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM-S: 1 ministerial post. Upendra Kushwaha's RLM: Likely to get 1 ministerial post.
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the historic Gandhi Maidan. The Patna district administration has imposed a complete ban on the entry of the general public into the Gandhi Maidan till November 20. Elaborate security arrangements have been made, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other big NDA leaders, such as Home Minister Amit Shah and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, are expected to attend the event.