Bihar Law Minister, Facing Kidnapping Case, Moved To Sugarcane Department
NDTV
Kartik Kumar was made the Law Minister after Nitish Kumar formed the new Bihar government by ditching the BJP recently
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has replaced its law minister, a leader from the alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal, over allegations that he is linked to a kidnapping case of 2014.
Kartik Kumar was made the Law Minister after Nitish Kumar formed the new Bihar government by ditching the BJP recently. But the move to give him this important portfolio drew criticism from the BJP over the alleged kidnapping case linked to him.
On Tuesday night, the Bihar government moved the controversial former law minister to the sugarcane department, whose minister Shamim Ahmed is now the new law minister.
Mr Kumar is an MLC of Tejashwi Yadav's RLD. He is said to have been chosen by the RLD for the law minister's post with an eye on Tejashwi Yadav's outreach towards the Bhumihars, an influential upper caste group largely supportive of the BJP.
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