New Delhi: Ahead of the Bihar cabinet swearing-in, the Nitish Kumar government finds itself tangled in one final knot at the eleventh hour: who gets the Home Ministry. Everything else — well, almost everything else — has been hammered out in a frenzy of late-night negotiations. But this one ministry sits like a stone in the middle of the road.

Bihar govt ready to launch, but one portfolio refuses to budge

Earlier today, JD(U) leaders Rajiv Ranjan (Lallan Singh) and Working President Sanjay Jha met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda in New Delhi for nearly 45 minutes. The closed-door huddle, according to those in the loop, involved a detailed breakdown of the new cabinet structure, the Speaker’s post and the roles each partner will hold.

The whisper in political corri

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