Nitish Kumar Unveils Bihar Cabinet: A Look at the Key Portfolios and Ministers
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Bihar's new cabinet has been officially announced, with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar allocating key departments to National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders. Kumar will oversee the General Administration, Cabinet Secretariat, and Vigilance portfolios. In a significant move, Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Samrat Choudhary has been entrusted with the Home Affairs department. The swearing-in ceremony, which took place last week, marked Nitish Kumar's record tenth term as the Chief Minister of Bihar. Kumar was followed by his two deputies, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, who took their oaths. The remaining 24 ministers took the oath in batches, representing various parties including the Janata Dal (United), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM). Here's a breakdown of the key portfolios and ministers in the new Bihar cabinet: - Nitish Kumar: General Administration, Cabinet Secretariat, Vigilance, and any department not allocated to a minister. - Samrat Chaudhary: Home Affairs - Vijay Kumar Sinha: Revenue and Land Reforms, Mines and Geology - Vijay Kumar Chaudhary: Water Resources, Commercial Taxes, Information and Public Relations, and Parliamentary Affairs - Bijendra Prasad Yadav: Energy, Planning and Development, Food and Consumer Protection, Weights and Measures, and Commercial Tax (Excise) - Shravan Kumar: Rural Development and Public Health Engineering - Mangal Pandey: Health and Law - Dr Hetal Kumari Jayswal: Industries - Ashok Choudhary: Rural Works - Leshi Singh: Food and Consumer Protection - Nitin Nabin: Road Construction and Urban Development and Housing - Madan Sahni: Social Welfare - Satya Kumar Yadav: Agriculture - Amrendra Pratap Shahi: Minority Welfare - Sunil Kumar: Water Resources - Md Jama Khan: Minority Welfare - Sanjay Singh 'Tiger': Labour Resources - Arun Shankar Prasad: Tourism - Suresh Mehta: Animal and Fisheries Resources - Narayan Prasad: Disaster Management - Renu Devi: Backward and Extremely Backward Class Welfare - Sanjeev Kumar 'Arun': Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare - Shreyasi Singh: Information Technology and Sports - Dr Prem Kumar: Environment, Forest and Climate Change - Ram Surat Kumar: Revenue and Land Reforms - Sanjay Kumar Singh: Public Health Engineering - Deepak Prakash: Panchayati Raj The NDA secured a majority in the state assembly, winning 202 seats in the 243-member house. The BJP secured 89 seats, JD(U) secured 85, LJP (RV) won 19, HAM got five, and RLM finished with four seats.
