Bihar's Building Minister To Take Hold of Education Department After Mewalal's Resign

The governor of Bihar, Phagu Chauhan granted an additional charge of the 'Education Department' to the Building Minister Ashok Chaudhary on November 19. The decision came after the sworn Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary resigned due to the recent allegations. Chaudhary is one among of the 14 ministers who took an oath on November 16. Mewalal was earlier suspended from JD(U) in 2017 for his irregularities as Vice-chancellor of Bhagalpur's Bihar Agriculture University.