In this election, BJP had set a target of winning 370 seats, but it fell far short of it. However, NDA crossed the majority mark and NDA government is being formed for the third consecutive time. For the last three days, a series of meetings are going on in which it is being decided which ally will get how many ministerial posts and which ministry.
This time, Bihar may get more ministerial posts due to NDA's ally JDU. It is possible that most of the ministers will be from Bihar. The reason behind this is that BJP and JDU can distribute ministerial posts according to their Bihar formula. That is, as many ministers from Bihar from BJP, as many from JDU. It is believed that there can be three ministers from BJP and three from JDU from Bihar. Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi's party can get one ministerial post each. Caste equations will also be taken care of in the council of ministers. However, nothing has been said officially by any party and BJP's allies are saying that we have no demands.
It was earlier said about TDP that TDP wants 4-5 ministerial posts. There is also a discussion going on whether TDP is thinking of supporting the government from outside. Although nothing has been said by any leader so far, but the way Chandrababu Naidu has praised Narendra Modi in the NDA parliamentary party meeting, it seems unlikely that TDP will not join the government. There are indications of South India being given good representation in the cabinet. Modi specifically mentioned the South in the NDA parliamentary party meeting. For the first time, BJP has opened its account in Kerala. Suresh Gopi has won from Thrissur seat. It is believed that Suresh Gopi can also get a place in the cabinet.
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