Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday made a major reshuffle in the cabinet and the portfolios of three ministers from RJD quota were changed. Prof. Chandrashekhar was also removed from the post of Education Minister. Now he has been given the command of the sugarcane department. Chandrashekhar remained the Education Minister for about 17 months. During this period he remained in the headlines continuously. Because of his statements Prof. Chandrashekhar remained surrounded in controversies. He remained surrounded by the statements made regarding Ramayana and Lord Ram. He also had a conflict with KK Pathak, Additional Chief Secretary of the Education Department. Whereas for the last one and a half month, he was not coming to the department regularly. He was remaining isolated from his department. Meanwhile, late on Saturday evening, information was released by the Cabinet Secretariat Department that the departments of three ministers including Chandrashekhar have been changed.
Pro. Education Ministry snatched from Chandrashekhar
After the reshuffle in the cabinet of CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday, the command of the education department has now been given to RJD leader Alok Kumar Mehta. Earlier he had the responsibility of Revenue and Land Reforms Department. Now he will serve as Education Minister. The news of cabinet reshuffle spread like wildfire on Saturday and there was a lot of discussion about it on social media also. Among these three names, the most popular is Prof. Only Chandrashekhar remained in the headlines. Whose tenure was surrounded by many controversies.
Chandrashekhar, who was the Education Minister for 17 months, spoke badly.
Prof. Chandrashekhar, who was RJD MLA from Madhepura, was given the responsibility of Minister of Education Department in August 2022 in the new government formed with RJD. He was the Minister of Education Department for about 17 months. He started giving controversial statements after assuming the post. Education Minister Chandrashekhar had said on January 12, 2023 that Ramcharit Manas is hateful and poisonous. JDU had also criticized his statement and termed it as a personal statement of Prof. Chandrashekhar.
It is mentioned in Ramcharitmanas about the presence of potassium cyanide.
While addressing the program at Bihar Hindi Granth Academy on Hindi Day on September 14, 2023, he had said that there is potassium cyanide in Ramcharitmanas, as long as it exists, we will continue to oppose it. Regarding Ramcharitmanas’s Aranya Kand’s Chaupai Pujahi Vipra Sakal Gun Heena-Shudra Na Pujahu Veda Praveena, the minister said that controversial things have been said in it regarding caste. It was also said that Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia and Nagarjuna had also opposed these things.
Controversial statement regarding the temple, also made statements regarding caste..
Recently, while being the Education Minister, Chandrashekhar described the path of the temple as the path of mental slavery. Referring to the controversy sparked by a poster, he said that the path to school shows the path to light. The place designated for God is a place of exploitation. At a program he said from the stage that now Eklavya’s son will not donate his thumb. He will answer. He knows how to take sacrifice. If you dare then remember, the sweat of the Bahujans will create such a big ocean that you will be seen crossing the seven seas.
Education Minister clashed with KK Pathak
There were also reports of his dispute with KK Pathak, Additional Chief Secretary of the Education Department. Recently, there were reports of KK Pathak’s displeasure regarding this and his going on leave till 31st January. After the intervention of the Chief Minister, a day earlier on Friday, KK Pathak had postponed his leave and taken charge again. Let us tell you that he had had a conflict with KK Pathak in the past. The dispute between the two had become so much that CM Nitish Kumar himself called both of them and talked to them. The Education Minister had not come to office for a long time. Meanwhile, when KK Pathak recently went on leave, Chandrashekhar had confirmed his resignation and cited lack of coordination with him as the reason behind his resignation.
Departments were not coming regularly for the last one and a half month
Education Minister Prof. Chandrashekhar was not coming to the department regularly for the last one and a half to two months. He was in bad shape after the confrontation with the Additional Chief Secretary of the department. Used to frequently reach his room at Bihar Education Project. All the work was being done from there itself.
Department of three ministers from RJD quota changed
It is noteworthy that CM Nitish Kumar has made a major reshuffle in his cabinet. Prof. Chandrashekhar has been removed from the post of Education Minister. He has been made the minister of sugarcane industry department. Along with this, the responsibility of the new Education Minister has been given to Alok Kumar Mehta. Also, the responsibility of Revenue and Land Reforms Department has been removed from Alok Kumar Mehta. Lalit Kumar Yadav has now been made the new minister of Revenue and Land Reforms Department. They already have a Public Health Engineering Department. In this way, Lalit Kumar Yadav will now look after the Public Health Engineering Department along with Revenue and Land Reforms as the Minister.