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- Nitish Kumar gives up Bihar’s Home Ministry for the first time in years, handing it to BJP’s Samrat Choudhary.
- The shift indicates BJP’s strengthened position in Bihar’s NDA government after the recent assembly win.
- Alongside Home, other important portfolios — like Mines, Geology, Health, and Law — have been reallocated to key coalition leaders.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has allocated portfolios to 18 ministers in the newly formed NDA government, with a major shake-up marked by the transfer of the Home Ministry to Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary.
Vijay Kumar Sinha, also a deputy CM, has been handed the Land & Revenue, Mines, and Geology departments. Mangal Pandey will oversee both Health and Law, while Dilip Jaiswal has been appointed Industry Minister.
Nitin Nabin will handle Road Construction along with Urban Development and Housing. Ramkripal Yadav has been given Agriculture, and Sanjay Tiger takes charge of Labour Resources.
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Arun Shankar Prasad will look after Tourism, Art, Culture, and Youth Affairs, while Surendra Mehta heads the Animal and Fisheries Resources Department. Narayan Prasad has been assigned Disaster Management, and Rama Nishad will manage Backward and Extremely Backward Class Welfare.
Lakhedar Paswan has been given Scheduled Caste and Tribe Welfare. Shreyasi Singh will lead the Information Technology and Sports departments. Pramod Chandravanshi has been entrusted with Cooperation, Environment, Forest & Climate Change.
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The remaining ministers — including Lalit Kumar Yadav, Krishna Nandan Verma, and others — also received their respective portfolios as part of the expanded cabinet, rounding off the full distribution of responsibilities under the new government. |
