New Delhi : As the new Bihar cabinet was sworn in on Thursday under Nitish Kumar’s leadership, portfolio allocations for BJP ministers were announced today, with Samrat Choudhary receiving the crucial Home Ministry.
Notably, the Home Ministry, traditionally held by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in previous NDA governments, has this time been handed to Samrat Choudhary, the BJP’s legislative party leader in Bihar.
Meanwhile, BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha, who was elected as the deputy leader of the BJP’s legislative party, has been allotted the Department of Revenue and Land Reforms.
Mangal Pandey, the BJP MLA, retained the key Health Ministry portfolio in the new cabinet. He will also head the Law Department, while BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal has been allotted the Department of Industries.
The NDA unveiled the allocation of 18 portfolios in the new Nitish Kumar–led Bihar cabinet, featuring ministers from the BJP, LJP(R), HAM and RLM. In all, 26 ministers were sworn in on Thursday at the grand ceremony held at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan.
This means JD(U) ministers will have to wait a little longer for their portfolio assignments, as key departments, including Finance and Transport, remain undisclosed.
Bihar Cabinet Portfolios: Full List
- Samrat Choudhary (BJP)– Home Ministry
- Vijay Kumar Sinha (BJP) – Land & Revenue; Mines & Geology
- Mangal Pandey (BJP)– Health; Law
- Dilip Jaiswal (BJP)– Industry
- Nitin Nabin (BJP)– Road Construction; Urban Development & Housing
- Ramkripal Yadav (BJP)– Agriculture
- Sanjay Tiger (BJP)– Labour Resources
- Arun Shankar Prasad (BJP)– Tourism; Art, Culture & Youth Affairs
- Surendra Mehta (BJP)– Animal & Fisheries Resources
- Narayan Prasad (BJP)– Disaster Management
- Rama Nishad (BJP)– Backward & Extremely Backward Class Welfare
- Lakhedar Paswan (BJP)– Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe Welfare
- Shreyasi Singh (BJP)– Information Technology; Sports
- Pramod Chandravanshi (BJP)– Cooperation; Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Meanwhile, LJP(R) secured two departments, Sugarcane Industries and Public Health Engineering, while HAM was allotted the Water Resources portfolio, and RLM received the Panchayati Raj Department.
The portfolio allocation for eight more ministers is still pending, with the remaining list expected to be announced shortly
