Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, after taking oath for his record 10th term, has allocated portfolios to his new coalition cabinet. The new cabinet, formed under the NDA alliance, saw the BJP emerge as the largest stakeholder with 89 seats in the Assembly and the highest number of ministerial berths. In a notable shift, Samrat Chaudhary of the BJP has been appointed as the Home Minister of Bihar, a powerful portfolio traditionally retained by the Chief Minister himself.
Key Cabinet Appointments and Portfolios
Here’s a breakdown of major portfolios allocated in the Bihar Cabinet reshuffle.
- Home: Samrat Chaudhary
- Land and Revenue; Mines and Geology: Vijay Kumar Sinha
- Health and Law: Mangal Pandey
- Industries: Dilip Jaiswal
- Road Construction; Urban Development & Housing: Nitin Naveen
- Agriculture: Ramkripal Yadav
- Tourism; Art, Culture and Youth: Arun Shankar Prasad
- Information & Public Relations; Sports: Shreyasi Singh
- Labour Resources: Sanjay Tiger
- Animal and Fisheries Resources: Surendra Mehta
- Disaster Management: Narayan Prasad
- SC/ST Welfare: Lakhendra Paswan
- Backward & Extremely Backward Class Welfare: Rama Nipat
- Cooperation; Environment, Forest & Climate Change: Pramod Chandra Banshi
Coalition Composition and Power Sharing
The new NDA-led cabinet includes 26 ministers, with representation from various alliance partners.
- BJP: Largest share with 89 seats
- JD(U): 8 ministers
- Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas): 2 ministers
- Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM): 1 minister
- Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM): 1 minister
Allies and Their Portfolios
- LJP(R): Sugarcane Industry and Public Health Engineering
- HAM: Minor Water Resources
- RLM: Panchayati Raj
This distribution reflects BJP’s dominance but also acknowledges smaller NDA partners in a balanced power-sharing arrangement.
Significance of Samrat Chaudhary’s Appointment
- The decision to assign the Home Department to Samrat Chaudhary—a key BJP leader and the party’s face in Bihar—indicates a strategic shift in administrative control.
- It marks the first time a BJP leader has held this crucial ministry under a Nitish-led government.
- This move could be seen as a BJP effort to deepen administrative influence, signaling a more assertive role in governance while JD(U) maintains the Chief Minister’s position.
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