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Patna, November 22 (IANS) After becoming the Home Minister of Bihar, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has adopted a strict stance on maintaining law and order in the state.
Soon after assuming office on Saturday, he gave a stern warning to the criminals and announced that no criminal will be spared and the police has been given complete freedom to act.
Deputy CM Choudhary said that the police is no longer bound and now it has full right to act openly.
He reiterated that there is no place for criminals in Bihar and said the Home Ministry will work under the guidance of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
He said, good governance was there in the past and will continue strongly in the future also.
He said that the ‘Jungle Raj’ which has ended will not be allowed to come back.
Responding to a question about his previous controversial remarks – in which he had said that the last rites of criminals in Bihar would be performed in Gaya – the state Home Minister said the police were doing their job.
This is the first time that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has handed over the Home portfolio to the BJP since 2005.
26 ministers took oath along with Nitish Kumar in the new cabinet.
Samrat Choudhary has been appointed both Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister, while Vijay Kumar Sinha has also been appointed Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
He is holding the charge of Revenue, Land Reforms and Mining departments in the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government.
Ministers from all the constituent parties of NDA have got place in Bihar cabinet.
BJP has the highest representation in the state cabinet with 14 ministers, followed by Janata Dal-United with eight, Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas with two, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) with one and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) with one.
Despite having two deputy CMs and 14 ministers, the BJP’s share in the allocated departmental budget is less than that of the JD-U.
BJP controls 29.22 per cent of the total budget, LJP-RV ministers control 0.91 per cent, HAM 0.58 per cent and RLM 3.56 per cent.
The remaining departments, accounting for about 65 per cent of the total budget, remain with the JD-U.
–IANS
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