PATNA, May 7 -- The Samrat Choudhary cabinet in Bihar inducted 32 new ministers in an expansion pending after the oath of the chief minister and his two deputies. Among the inductees 15 are from the BJP, 13 from the JD(U), two from the LJP(RV), one each from the HAM(S) and RLM.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Nitin Nabin, former Bihar CM and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar and a host of Union ministers and other dignitaries attended the event.

State governor Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain administered the oath of office to the ministers who took the oath in batches of five and six, taking the total strength of the cabinet to 35. Bihar can have a maximum of 36 ministers an...