PATNA: A day after BJP MLA from Barh Gyanendra Singh Gyanu expressed his displeasure about the recent cabinet expansion, state BJP chief Dr Sanjay Jaiswal played down the incident saying such things happen in a large family.
“We all are members of a family. Such things do happen and will also settle down,” Jaiswal told media persons on Thursday.
The state BJP chief said everybody wanted a ministerial berth in the cabinet, but the seats were limited. “Thoda bahut to idhar udhar hota hai, lekin sab mil jul kar chalayenge,” he added.
He, however, evaded more questions on the contentious issue.
Dr Jaiswal spoke to reporters on the occasion of 'bhumi pujan' of the Seva Sadan coming up at Keshav Nagar near AIIMS-Patna. The proposed Seva Sadan is being constructed by the Hedgewar Smarak Samiti.
Earlier, Gyanu, who was denied a berth in the Nitish Kumar cabinet, said people with criminal antecedents were being made ministers. Accusing some state BJP leaders of keeping PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Sah in the dark, the Barh legislator claimed that the cabinet is filled mostly with leaders belonging to "certain castes".
Moreover, he alleged that south Bihar has been deprived of its share of cabinet ministers. “I am not worried about not becoming a minister, but I am worried that while forming the cabinet, eligibility was not looked into,” he asserted.
He said he would call on the PM and the Union home minister and apprise them of all the wrong deeds of the state leadership. “The decision of the state leadership will cost the party dearly,” he warned.
On Wednesday, altogether 17 ministers were inducted in the Nitish Kumar cabinet. While nine of them belonged to BJP, eight were from the JD(U) quota. On November 16, 14 ministers, including CM Nitish Kumar, were sworn in.