Patna: Bihar revenue and land reforms minister Dilip Jaiswal, who is also the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president, resigned from the cabinet on Wednesday. He, however, will continue to hold his party post. The move comes ahead of the cabinet expansion in Bihar.
Prior to his resignation, Jaiswal said, "We have the principle of one man one post in the BJP so I have decided to resign from the ministerial post. I will resign from the post of revenue minister."
Jaiswal thanked the party's central leadership for giving him the responsibility of the party unit. "Our party works on the principle of one man one post. I am grateful that the central leadership has given me the responsibility of the state unit of the party," he said.
Responding to questions on cabinet expansion, he said, "Cabinet expansion is the prerogative of the Chief Minister".
As Jaiswal is both the revenue and land reforms minister and the state president of BJP, it was decided that he would have to resign from one post.
The Nitish Kumar cabinet is likely to be expanded either today or tomorrow. The present strength of the cabinet is 30 and six ministerial posts are already vacant. Now, with Jaiswal's resignation, a total of seven ministers are likely to be inducted.
Jaiswal was appointed as the state BJP president on July 25, 2024 after the Lok Sabha elections by replacing Samrat Chaudhary. Dilip Jaiswal (61) hails from Kosi-Seemanchal and is a member of the Legislative Council.
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