Around 30 MLAs, including Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s brother Tej Pratap Yadav, were sworn in as part of Bihar’s new Cabinet under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
As anticipated, a lion’s share of the ministerial berths have gone to the RJD, which is the single largest party in the state.
A total of 31 ministers were inducted into the Bihar cabinet today.
According to the list of portfolios allotted, Nitish retained the Home department, while Tejashwi was given the Health department.
Among the ministers who took oath, 16 were from RJD, 11 from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), two from Congress, one from ex-CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and one Independent.
Here’s the list of ministers who took oath:
- Nitish Kumar (JDU) – Chief Minister
- Tejashwi Yadav (RJD) – Deputy CM
- Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (JDU)
- Bijendra Yadav (JDU)
- Shravan Kumar (JDU)
- Ashok Choudhary (JDU)
- Leshi Singh (JDU)
- Sanjay Jha (JDU)
- Madan Sahni (JDU)
- Sheela Kumari (JDU)
- Sunil Kumar (JDU)
- Mohd Zama Khan (JDU)
- Jayant Raj (JDU)
- Tej Pratap Yadav (RJD)
- Alok Mehta (RJD)
- Surendra Prasad Yadav (RJD)
- Ramanand Yadav (RJD)
- Kumar Sarvajeet (RJD)
- Lalit Yadav (RJD) 20. Samir Kumar Mahaseth (RJD)
- Chandrashekhar (RJD)
- Jitendra Kumar Rai (RJD)
- Anita Devi (RJD)
- Sudhakar Singh (RJD)
- Md Israil Mansuri (RJD)
- Surendra Ram (RJD)
- Kartikeya Singh (RJD)
- Shahnawaz Alam (RJD)
- Shamim Ahmed (RJD)
- Afaque Alam (Congress)
- Murari Gautam (Congress)
- Santosh Kumar Suman (HAM)
- Sumit Kumar Singh (Independent)
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The Bihar cabinet can have up to 36 ministers, including the Chief Minister. Some ministerial berths were kept vacant for future cabinet expansion, sources said.
Nitish Kumar had broken away from the BJP and formed a government with the RJD and other parties earlier this month. The Chief Minister and Tejashwi Yadav took oath on August 10.
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