<span style="color: #222222;">In Bihar, Nitish Kumar's government has removed Kartik Kumar as the law minister and allotted him the sugarcane industry department. Kumar is an MLC from Lalu Prasad's party RJD.RJD's Shamim Ahmad has been made the new law minister.<br />''<br />''This comes just a day before Kartik Kumar is expected to appear in court in a kidnapping case with his interim protection from court against any coercive action ending on September 1.<br />''<br />''Kartik Kumar was incidentally earlier backed by RJD supremo Lalu Prasad when the allegations against him broke out a fortnight ago.<br />''<br />'' Lalu had said then that the allegations were wrong. However, the chief minister Nitish Kumar decided to go ahead with his decision to remove Kartik Kumar.</span><br />