MINISTERS FROM ALL BJP ALLIES FIND PLACE IN NEW CABINET COMMITTEES

In a noticeable change, ministers from all NDA allies have found a place in the cabinet committees constituted by govt on Wednesday. Since Oct 2020, the members of the eight committees were only BJP ministers. In Sept 2020, Ram Vilas Paswan was the last minister from an alliance partner to make it to a committee.

Two cabinet ministers from BJP-led NDA’s big allies, Rajiv Ranjan Singh (alias Lalan Singh) of JD(U) and K Rammohan Naidu of TDP, have been included in two crucial panels - Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) and Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA). One minister each from two other allies - Chirag Paswan of LJP (Ram Vilas) and Jitan Ram Manjhi of Hindustani Awam Morcha - are part of the Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth and Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, respectively.

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