Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that he will miss his former deputy Sushil Kumar Modi in his new Cabinet, Hindustan Times...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that he will miss his former deputy Sushil Kumar Modi in his new Cabinet, Hindustan Times reported.
Modi, who served as the deputy chief minister under Kumar for 11 years, was replaced by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Renu Kumari and Tarkishore Prasad.
Kumar said that it was the BJP’s decision to not give the deputy chief minister’s post to Modi. “They [the BJP] should be asked about this,” he said after the oath-taking ceremony.
The BJP, meanwhile, denied the speculation that Modi was upset about not being included in Kumar’s Cabinet. “Sushil Modi is an asset to us,” former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP’s Bihar election in charge Devendra Fadnavis told ANI. “[The] party will think about him, a new responsibility will be given to him.”
Kumar was on Monday sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar for a fourth term. The other leaders who took oath as ministers were Vijendra Yadav, Vijay Choudhary, Ashok Choudhary, Mewalal Choudhary of the Janata Dal (United), BJP leaders Mangal Pandey and Rampreet Paswan, Santosh Manjhi of the Hindustani Awam Morcha, and Mukesh Sahani of the Vikassheel Insaan Party. Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan administered the oaths.
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