NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar led-NDA government on Wednesday expanded its cabinet ahead of the assembly elections scheduled in November this year.
Seven BJP MLAs including Sanjay Saraogi, Sunil Kumar, Jibesh Mishra, Motilal Prasad, Krishan Kumar Mantoo, Raju Kumar Singh and Vijay Kumar Mandal took oath as cabinet ministers.
Bihar governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oaths.
Earlier, Bihar revenue minister and BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal announced his resignation from his ministerial post, citing the party’s “One Person, One Post” policy.
“I am going to resign from the post of revenue minister. ‘One person, one post’ is the principle on which the party works. I am thankful that the central leadership has given me the responsibility of the party’s state unit,” Jaiswal said.