Bihar: BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal resigns as minister, Nitish to expand cabinet

Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal resigned from the Nitish Kumar cabinet on Wednesday morning to conform with his partys policy of one person one postThe resignation came ahead of the expansion of the council of ministers in the evening according to the Information and Public Relations DepartmentJaiswal who held the crucial Revenue and Land Reform portfolio was inducted into the cabinet in January last year after the BJP returned to power in the state with CM Nitish Kumar joining the NDAIn July he replaced Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary as the state BJP presidentI am thankful to the partys leadership for entrusting me with major responsibilities As a minister I took pride in accomplishments like digitisation of records running into more than 11 crore pages I shall now wholeheartedly devote myself to strengthening the partys organisation he told reporters after tendering the resignationJaiswal announced his resignation hours after BJP president JP Nadda chaired a meeting of the partys state core committee in Patna on Tuesday night Party leaders did not divulge details of the discussions only stating that they centred around the assembly polls due later this yearInformation and Public Relations Department officials said the state cabinet will be expanded with new ministers scheduled to be sworn in at 4 pm in Raj BhavanAsked about the speculations on who would be inducted into the state cabinet Jaiswal said This is the prerogative of the chief ministerOn being pressed further he said that as the state BJP president he would be privy to such developments but insisted that I have not received any intimation in this regard from the Chief Ministers Office so farI will definitely share more details when the time comes he addedJaiswal was also asked about the impact of his resignation on the states ambitious fresh survey of land records He said As of now the CM has kept the portfolio with himself There will certainly be a suitable replacement at the earliestThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever