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Chief Minister expanded his cabinet and a total of 31 ministers were administered oath by Governor Phagu Chauhan at a simple function organised in Raj Bhawan. Ministers who were administered oath included 16 from RJD, 11 from JD(U), two from Congress, one from HAM and one Independent.<\/p>\n<p>Those who took oath from JD(U) quota in cabinet are:- Bijendra Yadav, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Ashok Chaudhary, Shrawan Kumar, Lasi Singh, Sanjay Jha, Madan Sahni, Sheela Kumari, Sunil Kumar, Jama Khan and Jayant Raj. 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