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Bihar Cabinet Expansion: Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary's new cabinet in Bihar has clearly indicated that the upcoming elections will be fought on the basis of social equations. An attempt has been made to strike a balance between OBC, EBC, Dalit, and upper caste communities within the cabinet. The new government appears to be focusing heavily on the Economically Backward Class (EBC) and backward classes. Both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal United (JDU) have allocated significant portions of their quotas to these classes.

Samrat Chaudhary himself comes from the Koeri community, while the Bhumihar and Yadav communities are represented in the deputy CM position. Political analysts see this as part of Bihar's larger caste equation.

A total of 32 ministers took oath on Thursday, including 15 from BJP, 13 from JDU, 2 from LJP, 1 from HAM and 1 from RLM.

BJP Plays Big Bet On EBC-OBC Card

The BJP has prioritised OBC and EBC leaders in its team. Leaders like Ram Kripal Yadav, Kedar Gupta, Rama Nishad, Dilip Jaiswal, and Pramod Chandravanshi have been given opportunities.

Upper caste leaders like Vijay Kumar Sinha, Mithilesh Tiwari, and Sanjay Tiger have also found a place in the cabinet. From the Dalit community, Lakhendra Paswan and Nand Kishore Ram have been included.

Making Shreyasi Singh a minister as women's representation is also in discussion.

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JDU Places Big Bet On Nishant Kumar

The most talked-about candidate from the JDU is Nishant Kumar, Nitish Kumar's son and a Kurmi community member. Apart from this, through leaders like Shravan Kumar, Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha, Madan Sahni and Bulo Mandal, JDU has tried to woo different social classes. The party has tried to give a strong message by giving place to Ashok Chaudhary, Sunil Kumar and Ratnesh Sada from the Dalit community.

Allies Also Get Representation

Sanjay Paswan and Sanjay Singh from the LJP (Ram Vilas) have been appointed ministers, while Santosh Manjhi from the HAM party has been included in the cabinet. Deepak Prakash has been appointed minister from the RLM, sending a message to the allies about sharing power.

Now everyone's eyes are on how much impact this social balance will have on the upcoming elections.

List Of Bihar Cabinet

Chief Minister
Samrat Choudhary - Koiri

Deputy CM
Vijay Chaudhary - Bhumihar

Vijendra Yadav - OBC

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BJP Quota

Ram Kripal Yadav - OBC

Kedar Gupta - Kanu / EBC

Nitish Mishra – Brahmin

Mithilesh Tiwari - Brahmin

Rama Nishad - Mallah / EBC

Vijay Kumar Sinha - Bhumihar

Dilip Jaiswal - EBC

Pramod Chandravanshi - EBC

Lakhendra Paswan - Dalit

Sanjay Tiger - Rajput

Engineer Kumar Shailendra - Bhumihar

Nand Kishore Ram - Dalit

Ramchandra Prasad - Vaishya / OBC

Arun Shankar Prasad - Sudhi / EBC

Shreyasi Singh - Rajput

JDU Quota

Nishant Kumar - Kurmi / OBC

Shravan Kumar - Kurmi / OBC

Ashok Chaudhary - Dalit

Lesi Singh - Rajput

Madan Sahni - Mallah / EBC

Sunil Kumar - Dalit

Jama Khan - Minority

Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha - Koeri / OBC

Sheela Mandal - Dhanuk / EBC

Damodar Rout - Dhanuk / EBC

Bulo Mandal - Gangota / EBC

Ratnesh Sada - Dalit

LJP(R)

Sanjay Paswan - Dalit

Sanjay Singh - Rajput

HAM

Santosh Manjhi - Dalit

RLM

Deepak Prakash - Koeri

Three Leaders Were Cut Off

The big names who have been dropped from the new cabinet include Mangal Pandey, Narayan Prasad and Surendra Mehta. Mangal Pandey has long been a prominent figure in the BJP. Therefore, his omission is being seen as a significant signal in political circles.


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