BJP leader Samrat Choudhary has become the new Home Minister of Bihar after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave up the key portfolio he held for around two decades.
As per the portfolio distribution announced today, Samrat Choudhary has got the home department, while the JDU has been alloted the finance.
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According to an official notification, JDU leader Bijendra Prasad Yadav has been named as the finance minister of Bihar.
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Nitish Kumar, who took oath as the Chief Minister for the record 10th term on Thursday, has kept general administration department, cabinet secretariat, and vigilance portfolios.
Full list of ministers and their allocated portfolios
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar: General Administration; Cabinet Secretariat; Vigilance; Any department not allocated to any minister
Samrat Chaudhary: Home department
Vijay Kumar Sinha: Revenue and Land Reforms; Mines and Geology
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary: Water Resources; Commercial Taxes; Information and Public Relations; Parliamentary Affairs
Bijendra Prasad Yadav: Finance; Energy; Planning and Development; Food and Consumer Protection; Weights and Measures; Commercial Tax (Excise)
Mangal Pandey: Health and Law
Shravan Kumar: Rural Development; PHED (Public Health Engineering)
Dr Hetal Kumari Jayswal: Industries
Ashok Choudhary: Rural Works
Leshi Singh: Food and Consumer Protection
Nitin Nabin: Road Construction; Urban Development and Housing
Madan Sahni: Social Welfare
Lakhendra Kumar Roshan: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare
Satya Kumar Yadav: Agriculture
Sunil Kumar: Water Resources
Md Jama Khan: Minority Welfare
Shreyasi Singh: Information Technology; Sports
Dr Prem Kumar: Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Ram Surat Kumar: Revenue; Land Reforms
Sanjay Kumar Singh: Public Health Engineering
Deepak Prakash: Panchayati Raj
Sanjay Singh ‘Tiger’: Labour Resources
Arun Shankar Prasad: Tourism
Suresh Mehta: Animal and Fisheries Resources
Narayan Prasad: Disaster Management
Renu Devi: Backward and Extremely Backward Class Welfare
Sanjeev Kumar: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare
In the 2025 Assembly Elections, the BJP emerged as the single largest party with 89 seats, followed closely by JDU’s 85 seats. Smaller NDA allies also delivered strong performances- Chirag Paswan’s LJP (RV) won 19 seats, Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM(S) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha secured 5 and 4 seats, respectively.
The portfolio distribution came a day after Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the 10th time at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President JP Nadda, and other prominent NDA leaders attended the wearing-in ceremony.
BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar.
Along with Nitish, 26 ministers from NDA’s constituent parties — 14 from BJP, 8 from JD(U), 2 from LJP (Ram Vilas), and 1 each from HAM and RLM — also took oath.
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