Nitish Kumar inducts 8 new members in Bihar Cabinet, no berth for ally BJP

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday inducted eight new faces in his council of ministers — all from Janata Dal (United) — days after he refused to join the new Narendra Modi government after being offered only one berth in the central Cabinet. Allies, Bhartiya 

Janata Party (BJP) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), were left out of the expansion. 

Kumar later explained he had offered a single position to the BJP, but the party wasn't too keen. 

“When the alliance formed, the number of ministers and departments were decided. There was large number of vacancies in the JD(U) quota after the general