patna five former bjp ministers including two seniormost mlas are virtually out of race for ministerial berths in nitish cabinet as they have been made chairpersons of various house committees of the state assemblythe two seniormost bjp mlas who have little chances of getting the ministerial berth are nand kishore yadav seventime mla from patna saheb and prem kumar eighttime mla from gaya townthe three other ministerial aspirants who may not figure in the partys ministerial list are ram narayan mandal vinod narayan jha and krishna kumar rishisimilarly the jdu has also put its ministerial aspirants hari narayan singh narendra narayan yadav and damodar raut out of reckoning for now as they have also been made chairpersons of other house committees concerned of the assembly former cm jitan ram manjhi from the hindustani awam morcha secular will head the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe welfare committeethe bjp had earlier given ministerial berth to six new faces including two deputy cms tarkishore prasad and renu devi health minister mangal pandey was the only old hatstate assembly speaker vijay kumar sinha on monday announced the names of mlas from across political parties selected to head 22 house panels surendra yadav from the rjd will head the crucial public accounts committee pac and former minister tej pratap yadav lalu prasads elder son has been made head of the nongovernment resolutions committeenand kishore has been made chairperson of the estimate committee and prem kumar will head the petition committee hari narayan singh from the jdu has been made the chairman of the public enterprises committeeas per the speakers note the tenure of the pac estimate committee and public enterprises committee will be till march 31 2022 while that of the 19 other committees till march 31 next yearamong the notable others former minister ram narayan mandal will head the committee for ethics narendra narayan yadav for zila parishad and panchayati raj raut the assurance committee and bhai birendra from the rjd will head the heritage development committeecongress legislature party leader ajit sharma has been made chairman of the committee for the transferred bills vinod narayan jha petitions committee rishi committee for agriculture and industry and sudama prasad from the cpiml will head the library committee