Bihar set for cabinet expansion on May 7; Modi, Shah to attend

Preparations are in full swing at the Maidan with pandals being installed and security arrangements being finalized.

Chief minister Samrat Choudhary from the BJP took oath on April 15 with two Deputy CMs -- Vijay Kumar Choudhary and Bijendra Yadav, both from JD(U). The expansion of this triumvirate cabinet was kept on hold as the assembly elections were in progress.

According to insiders in the NDA bloc, as per an agreed upon formula, the BJP and the JD(U) would have 16 berths each, two would go to the LJP-RV and one each to HAM-S and RLM. “The BJP and the JD(U) will keep some berths vacant for future, as it always happens,” said a senior leader.