NEW DELHI/PATNA: Because the swearing-in ceremony ended at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan Thursday, CM Nitish Kumar took PM Modi‘s hand and lifted it along with his to greet a big cheering crowd, marking the brand new dynamic of their relationship for the reason that JDU president rejoined NDA in Jan 2024.The transformation couldn’t have been starker in comparison with their headline-grabbing photo-op in 2009 at a NDA rally in Ludhiana, which introduced out the JDU chief’s unease with the then Gujarat CM.The sight at Gandhi Maidan was a metaphor of the benefit of their ties, emphasised within the presence of Modi, Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh apart from the gamut of chief ministers from BJP and allies.Nitish took oath together with 26 ministers, 14 from BJP, eight from JDU and 4 from three different allies as NDA appeared to accommodate a various social coalition in an acknowledgement of its diverse help base. They embrace three girls and 10 first-timers, together with seven from BJP, with the social gathering rewarding its conventional voting bloc and new additions, whereas JDU has repeated its outdated fingers, most of whom seen as lengthy trusted aides of Nitish.JDU inducts solely 8, none from core Kushwaha base, raises eyebrows The ocean of saffron and BJP flags had been punctuated with the inexperienced of JDU and flags of different allies at Gandhi Maidan, with chief ministers from the governing alliance turning as much as lend political grandeur to an event seen as a excessive watermark for Nitish Kumar. PM Narendra Modi’s gesture of waving gamcha on the finish of the ceremony captured the triumphant temper.The PM later lauded the brand new dispensation as a beautiful staff that might take the state to new heights. “Congratulations to Shri Nitish Kumar Ji on taking oath as Bihar’s chief minister. He’s an skilled administrator with a confirmed monitor document of fine governance for a few years,” he mentioned.Whereas JDU’s resolution to induct solely eight of its legislators, none from its core base of Kushwahas, into the federal government raised just a few eyebrows, sources mentioned the social gathering would have extra deliberation to fill in its quota when the Nitish cupboard, which may have a most energy of 36, is expanded, a neta mentioned.Eight higher castes, six OBCs, seven EBCs, 5 Dalits and one lone Muslim in JDU MLA Zama Khan make up the brand new govt. Rajputs, whose share within the new meeting is the very best at 33 MLAs, have the utmost illustration adopted by two every from Bhumihars, Yadavs, Kurmis, together with Nitish, Kushwahas and Nishads.BJP MLAs Samrat Choudhary, an OBC Kushwaha, and Vijay Kumar Sinha, an higher caste Bhumihar, have been retained as deputy CMs.RLM supremo Upendra Kushwaha turned to his son Deepak Prakash, who has little public profile and isn’t presently a member of both of the 2 legislators, to be his social gathering’s lone consultant in govt. Kushwaha’s spouse Snehlata Kushwaha was elected an MLA within the ballot.Santosh Kumar Suman, son of Union minister Jitam Ram Manjhi, will proceed to characterize HAM(S).BJP rewarded former Union minister Ram Kripal Yadav, a veteran of many tough electoral battles who vanquished RJD’s Ritlal Yadav in Danapur the place social gathering supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav held a uncommon roadshow, by inducting him as a minister.Its new faces embrace Shreyasi Singh, a former skilled shooter, Sanjay Singh Tiger, and Rama Nishad. Nishad is the spouse of Ajay Nishad, a former BJP MP who contested and misplaced on the Congress ticket within the 2024 Lok Sabha election, and her inclusion spotlights the social gathering’s efforts to domesticate Nishads, an necessary swing voting bloc in components of the state.Outdated BJP fingers like Mangal Pandey, Nitin Nabin and Dilip Jaiswal, who can also be the state social gathering president, joined seasoned JDU ministers like Bijendra Yadav, Shrawon Kumar, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Leshi Singh and Ashok Choudhary in govt.