NEW DELHI: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has allocated portfolios to his expanded coalition cabinet, a day after being sworn in for a record tenth term. The BJP, now the single largest party with 89 seats in the Bihar assembly election 2025, secured the largest share of ministries in the new Bihar cabinet. Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary has taken charge of the home department, a portfolio Nitish has kept with him throughout nearly his entire 20-year tenure.
Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, a BJP leader who won the Lakhisarai Assembly elections for the fifth time, will oversee land and revenue, as well as mines and geology. Mangal Pandey BJP leader, has been assigned to the health and law departments, while BJP leader Dilip Jaiswal will oversee the industry department. BJP leader Nitin Naveen will oversee urban development, housing, and road construction departments.
CM Nitish Kumar Cabinet Portfolio 2025
| Minister | Portfolio(s) |
| CM Nitish Kumar | + General Administration + Cabinet Secretariat + Vigilance + Election + All departments not allocated to any minister |
| Dupty CM Smrat Chowdhary | Home Department |
| Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha | Land and revenue department, Mines and geology department |
| Mangal Pandey | Heath department, Law department |
| Dilip Jaiswal | Industry department |
| Nitin Naveen | Road construction department, Urban development and housing department |
| Sarvan Kumar | Rural Development |
| Sunil Kumar | Education, Science, Technology & Technical Education department |
| Ramkirpal Yadav | Agriculture department |
| Sanjay Tiger | Labour resources department |
| Arun Shankar Prasad | Tourism department Art, culture and youth department |
| Suresh Mehta | Animal and Fishery Resources Department |
| Vijendra Prasad Yadav | Energy, Planning & Development, Prohibition, Excise & Registration and Commercial Taxes |
| Ashok Chowdhary | Rural Work |
In the 243-member Bihar Assembly, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) emerged as the single-largest party, winning 89 seats. Its ally JD(U), led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, won 85 seats while LJP(RV) bagged 19. The Hindustani Awam Morcha (S) led by Jitan Ram Manjhi won five seats, while the Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four seats.
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