After NDA’s sweeping victory in the Bihar assembly elections, Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar chief minister for the tenth time on Thursday, leading a new NDA government formed by the JD(U), BJP and allied partners.
The oath-taking at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan also saw BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha sworn in as deputy chief ministers, alongside 25 other ministers.
A total of 26 ministers took oath. Their names are as follows:
- Samrat Choudhary (BJP)
- Vijay Kumar Sinha (BJP)
- Vijay Kumar Choudhary (JD-U)
- Bijendra Prasad Yadav (JD-U)
- Shravan Kumar (JD-U)
- Mangal Pandey (BJP)
- Dilip Kumar Jaiswal (BJP)
- Ashok Choudhary (JD-U)
- Lesi Singh (JD-U)
- Madan Sahani (JD-U)
- Nitin Nabin (BJP)
- Ram Kripal Yadav (BJP)
- Santosh Kumar Suman (HAM-S)
- Sunil Kumar (JD-U)
- Mohammad Zama Khan (JD-U)
- Sanjay Singh Tiger (BJP)
- Arun Shankar Prasad (BJP)
- Surendra Mehta (BJP)
- Narayan Prasad (BJP)
- Rama Nishad (BJP)
- Lakhendra Kumar Raushan (BJP)
- Shreyashi Singh (BJP)
- Pramod Kumar (BJP)
- Sanjay Kumar (LJP-RV)
- Sanjay Kumar Singh (LJP-RV)
- Deepak Prakash (RLM)
The BJP has secured 14 berths, JD(U) 8, LJP(RV) 2, while HAM(S) and RLM have received one each.
The cabinet includes ten new faces and reflects a broad caste distribution including eight upper-caste members, five Dalits, one Muslim, and thirteen from OBC/EBC groups.
Portfolios will be announced in the coming days, with nine ministerial slots still vacant.
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