PATNA, May 5 -- With the results of assembly polls in four states and one Union Territory declared, the stage is set for the awaited cabinet expansion in Bihar. The extended cabinet of the Samrat Choudhary government will take oath at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan on May 7 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah and many other senior leaders of the BJP and the NDA in attendance.

Preparations are in full swing at the Maidan with pandals being installed and security arrangements being finalized.

Chief minister Samrat Choudhary from the BJP took oath on April 15 with two Deputy CMs -- Vijay Kumar Choudhary and Bijendra Yadav, both from JD(U). The expansion of this triumvirate cabinet was kept on hold as the assembly ele...