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CM Nitish Kumar gives key home portfolio to BJP: Full list of Bihar ministers

Breaking from past precedent, Nitish Kumar has ceded the powerful Home Department to Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary. The BJP leader, who clinched the Tarapur seat with 1,22,480 votes against RJD's Arun Shah, now takes charge of one of the state's most sensitive ministries. The portfolio announcement follows a grand swearing-in ceremony at Patna's Gandhi Maidan, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior NDA leaders and chief ministers from several alliance-ruled states.

Nitish Kumar now heads a 26-member council of ministers
Nitish Kumar now heads a 26-member council of ministers Credit:X/NitishKumar
| Updated on: Nov 21, 2025 | 08:23 PM

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has distributed portfolios in his newly expanded coalition cabinet, a day after taking oath for a historic tenth term. With the BJP emerging as the single largest party with 89 seats, it has secured the maximum number of ministries in the government.

In a major shift, the crucial Home Department, traditionally held by Nitish Kumar, has now been handed to Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary. The BJP leader won from Tarapur with 1,22,480 votes, defeating the RJD’s Arun Shah.

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Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, who clinched the Lakhisarai seat with 1,22,408 votes, will lead the Land and Revenue as well as Mines and Geology departments.

Mangal Pandey has been entrusted with Health and Law, while Dilip Jaiswal returns as the Industries Minister.

Nitin Naveen will head Road Construction along with Urban Development and Housing.

Other major BJP-held portfolios:

• Agriculture – Ramkripal Yadav

• Tourism; Art, Culture and Youth – Arun Shankar Prasad

• Information & Public Relations; Sports – Shreyasi Singh

• Labour Resources – Sanjay Tiger

• Animal & Fisheries Resources – Surendra Mehta

• Disaster Management – Narayan Prasad

• SC/ST Welfare – Lakhendra Paswan

• Backward and Extremely Backward Class Welfare – Rama Nipat

• Cooperation; Environment, Forest & Climate Change – Pramod Chandra Banshi

The cabinet expansion comes after a grand swearing-in ceremony at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top NDA leaders and several chief ministers from NDA-ruled states.

Nitish Kumar now heads a 26-member council of ministers: eight from the JD(U), two from the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and one each from HAM and RLM. All allies have been accommodated—LJP(R) has received Sugarcane Industry and Public Health Engineering, HAM has been given Minor Water Resources and RLM has taken charge of Panchayati Raj.

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