Manjhi made such a demand which will increase Nitish's tension - Bihar is at loggerheads over the division of ministries.

Bihar Politics: After the political turmoil in Bihar, a new government has now been formed. CM Nitish Kumar has also taken oath. However, now there is a problem regarding the division of ministries and departments. On one hand, there is talk of giving one ministry to HAM, while on the other hand, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has said that we should get at least two ministries. Along with this, he has expressed hope that two MLAs of HAM will get a place in the ministry of Bihar government. He said that he has also talked to many other big leaders including Nitish Kumar regarding this.

#WATCH | Patna: On Bihar cabinet expansion and demanding two departments for his Hindustani Awam Morcha MLAs, former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi says, "... Cabinet expansion will happen on 5th Feb and departments will also be allotted on the same day... I have been saying this from the… pic.twitter.com/KKda9ShaX0

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Demand for two ministries

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who is demanding 2 ministers from HAM in the newly formed government of Bihar, has said that "We have been saying from the beginning that an independent MLA has been getting a ministry. We have a total of 5 MLAs. Of these, 4 There are MLAs and one MLC. So we definitely need at least 2 ministers. I have talked to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union Minister Nityanand Rai and Home Minister Amit Shah about this. They have not said anything positive or negative yet. We Hopefully we will get one more department. We think it will be great if we get one more department. This will make it easier for us to work."

Departments will be divided soon

Let us tell you that Nitish Kumar on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time after joining the BJP-led NDA alliance. Along with him, eight MLAs also took oath as ministers, in which four from JDU with Nitish Kumar, three from BJP, one from Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM and one independent MLA took oath as ministers. It is believed that soon Nitish Kumar will divide the portfolios of his ministers.