Bihar cabinet expansion: 31 ministers inducted, Nitish keeps home

Bihar’s Nitish Kumar government was expanded on Tuesday with the induction of 31 more ministers. RJD will have the largest representation in the new cabinet with 16 ministers, followed by 11 from Kumar’s JD(U). Two MLAs from Congress, one from Hindustani Awam Morcha and an Independent were also sworn in by governor Phagu Chauhan at a function at Patna’s Raj Bhavan on Tuesday morning. There are five Muslim faces in the new cabinet.