PIL challenges Nitish Kumar’s reappointment as CM of Bihar

India

oi-Prakash KL

New
Delhi,
Aug
19:
A
Public
Interest
Litigation
(PIL)
been
filed
at
the
Patna
High
Court,
challenging
Nitish
Kumar’s
reappointment
as
the
Chief
Minister
of
the
state
for
the
eighth
time.

A
Patna-based
social
activist
Dharmsheela
Devi
and
Supreme
Court
lawyer
Varun
Sinha
filed
the
PIL
claiming
that
his
reappointment
is
“against
the
parliamentary
democracy,”
IANS
reported.

“The
act
of
Nitish
Kumar
is
against
the
parliamentary
democracy
and
basic
principle
of
the
Constitution.
It
is
also
a
violation
of
basic
features
of
the
Constitution,”
Devi
opined.

“Nitish
Kumar
resigned
from
the
post
of
chief
minister,
left
the
majority
collegiums
and
formed
the
government
with
minority
collegiums.
Under
the
article
163
and
164,
the
governor
of
Bihar
may
have
objected
to
the
reappointment
of
Nitish
Kumar
again
but
he
didn’t
do
so,”
she
said.

According
to
the
PIL,
the
BJP
and
JD(U)
were
given
the
mandate
by
the
people
to
rule
the
state
2025,
she
added.

Bihar
CM
Nitish
Kumar’s
helicopter
makes
emergency
landing
in
Gaya

Nitish
Kumar
who
heads
the
JD(U)
took
oath
for
a
record
eighth
time
last
week,
as
head
of
the
‘Mahagathbandhan’
(grand
alliance)
which
it
had
dumped
in
2015,
to
join
hands
with
the
BJP.

The
newly
formed
cabinet
in
Bihar
expanded
on
Tuesday
when
31
ministers
took
oath,
with
the
RJD
getting
a
lion’s
share,
and
care
having
been
taken
to
represent
all
sections
of
the
society,
including
the
minorities.

Among
the
ministers
who
took
oath,
16
were
from
RJD,
11
from
Chief
Minister
Nitish
Kumar’s
JD(U),
two
from
Congress,
one
from
ex-CM
Jitan
Ram
Manjhi’s
Hindustani
Awam
Morcha
(HAM)
and
one
Independent.