Now let us know where Muslims stand in power in Bihar?
There are currently 19 Muslim MLAs in the 243-member bihar Assembly. Out of which 12 MLAs are from
Rashtriya Janata Dal, 4 MLAs from congress, 1 mla each from janata dal united, mla and AIMIM. There
are more MLAs in the assembly than Muslims, Yadav (52 MLAs), Rajput (28 MLAs) and Bhumihar (21).
Apart from this, there are total 75 members in bihar Legislative Council. Out of which 7 are Muslim MLCs.
Three are from janata dal united, 2 from Rashtriya Janata Dal, one from bharatiya janata party and one
independent. If we talk about the cabinet, Nitish government includes 5 Muslim ministers and 8 Yadavs. There
are 3 Muslim ministers in the government from Rashtriya Janata Dal and one Muslim minister each from
Congress-Janata Dal United quota. Among Yadavs, there is 1 minister from janata dal united (JDU) and 7 from
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in the Yadav government.
Not a single minister made from Muslim quota in 10 big departments
Apart from this, out of the 10 big departments given to RJD, not a single department is with the leaders who
became ministers from Muslim quota. Ministers made from this quota, israel Mansoori, have been given lesser
departments like IT, Shamim ahmed is Law and Shahnawaz has been given lesser departments like Disaster
Management. On the other hand, all the ministers who have become leaders from Yadav quota have big and
important departments. Both the sons of Lalu Yadav have important departments like health, urban development,
road construction, rural works, forest and environment. Chandrashekhar Yadav is in charge of education and
Surendra Yadav is in charge of Cooperative Ministry. Apart from this, if we talk about JDU, Bijendra Yadav,
who became minister from Yadav quota, has important departments like energy and planning.
There are 40 seats in lok sabha, only one Muslim MP
Talking about lok sabha seats, there are 40 lok sabha seats in Bihar. But he is the only Muslim lok sabha MP.
Whose name is Javed. In the year 2019, he had won from Kishanganj seat on congress ticket.