Bihar Cabinet Minister List 2025: A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his 26-member cabinet were sworn in at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, the Bihar government on Friday announced portfolio allocations, marking a significant shift in key ministries.
Samrat Choudhary Gets Home Ministry
In a notable departure from tradition, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar—who has historically retained the Home Ministry—has handed over the crucial department to BJP’s Samrat Choudhary, now Deputy Chief Minister and the party’s legislative leader.
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BJP Gains Several Powerful Departments
BJP’s Vijay Kumar Sinha, the deputy leader in the Assembly, has been given the Revenue and Land Reforms Department along with Mines & Geology.
Senior BJP leader Mangal Pandey retains the Health Ministry and additionally heads the Law Department.
State BJP president Dilip Jaiswal has been allotted the Industries portfolio.
Full Bihar Cabinet Portfolio List
- Samrat Choudhary (Dy CM) – Home
- Vijay Kumar Sinha (Dy CM) – Revenue & Land Reforms, Mines & Geology
- Vijay Kumar Chaudhary – Water Resources, Building Construction
- Dilip Jaiswal – Industries
- Shravan Kumar – Rural Development, Transport
- Ashok Choudhary – Rural Works
- Vijendra Yadav – Energy
- Mangal Pandey – Health, Law
- Leshi Singh – Food & Consumer Affairs
- Nitin Naveen – Road Construction; Urban Development & Housing
- Madan Sahni – Social Welfare
- Santosh Suman – Minor Water Resources
- Sunil Kumar – Education
- Ramkripal Yadav – Agriculture
- Jama Khan – Minority Welfare
- Sanjay Tiger – Labour Resources
- Arun Shankar Prasad – Tourism; Art & Culture
- Rama Nishad – Backward & Extremely Backward Class Welfare
- Surendra Mehta – Animal & Fisheries Resources
- Narayan Prasad – Disaster Management
- Lakhedar Paswan – SC/ST Welfare
- Shreyasi Singh – IT; Sports
- Sanjay Singh – Public Health Engineering
- Deepak Prakash – Panchayati Raj
- Pramod Kumar Chandravanshi – Cooperation; Environment, Forest & Climate Change
- Sanjay Paswan – Sugarcane Industries
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NDA Sweeps Bihar Elections
The Bihar Assembly elections, held on November 6 and 11, saw the NDA secure a decisive victory with 202 out of 243 seats. The BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 90 seats, followed by JD(U) with 85.
