NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has allocated portfolios to his expanded coalition cabinet, a day after being sworn in for a record tenth term. The BJP, now the single largest party with 89 seats, secured the largest share of ministries in the new Bihar cabinet. Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary has taken charge of the home department, a portfolio, Nitish has kept with him throughout nearly his entire 20-year tenure.
Also read: Why 'Sushasan Babu' remains Bihar's most indispensable leader Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha will oversee land and revenue as well as mines and geology. Mangal Pandey has been assigned health and law, while Dilip Jaiswal returns to head the industries department. Nitin Naveen will handle road construction along with urban development and housing.
Who got what
Minister
| Portfolio(s)
|
Samrat Choudhary
| Home department
|
Vijay Kumar Sinha
| Land and revenue department Mines and geology department
|
Mangal Pandey
| Health department Law department
|
Dilip Jaiswal
| Industry department
|
Nitin Naveen
| Road construction department Urban development and housing department
|
Ramkripal Yadav
| Agriculture department
|
Sanjay Tiger
| Labour resources department
|
Arun Shankar Prasad
| Tourism department Art, culture and youth department
|
Suresh Mehta
| Animal and fishery resources department
|
Narayan Prasad
| Disaster management department
|
Renu Nipas
| Backward and extremely backward class welfare department
|
Lakhendra Paswan
| Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes welfare department
|
Shreyasi Singh
| Excise department Sports department
|
Pramod Chandrawanshi
| Cooperative department Environment, forest and climate change department
|
Smaller allies have also been accommodated. LJP(R) has secured the Sugarcane Industry and Public Health Engineering departments, HAM has been allotted Minor Water Resources, and RLM has taken charge of Panchayati Raj.
Also read: Nitish 10.0 takes oath with 14 mantris from BJP, 8 from JDUThe reshuffle follows a grand swearing-in ceremony at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior NDA leaders and chief ministers of several NDA-ruled states. Nitish Kumar, at 74, returned to office with 26 ministers, eight from JD(U), two from Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and one each from Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM).
Samrat Chaudhary had won the Tarapur seat with 1,22,480 votes, ahead of RJD’s Arun Shah, who received 76,637. Meanwhile, in Lakhisarai, BJP’s Vijay Kumar Sinha emerged victorious with 1,22,408 votes, defeating Congress candidate Amaresh Kumar.
The state cabinet can have a maximum of 36 ministers, including the chief minister.
In the outgoing government, the BJP held 15 berths, the JD(U) had 12 including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and an Independent MLA had one minister each.
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