- By Chetna Shree
- Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:30 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Bihar Portfolio Allocation: Following the swearing-in of the new Bihar cabinet on Thursday, November 20, under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, portfolio allocations for BJP ministers were announced today. Samrat Choudhary has been assigned the Home Ministry, a key portfolio that was earlier held by Nitish Kumar in previous NDA governments.
BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha, who was elected as the deputy leader of the party’s legislative wing, has been assigned Department of Revenue and Land Reforms. Mangal Pandey, the BJP MLA, continues to hold the crucial Health Ministry portfolio in the new cabinet and will also oversee the Law Department.
Bihar Portfolio Allocation: Full List
A total of 26 ministers were sworn in on Thursday during a grand ceremony at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Friday announced the allocation of 18 portfolios in the new Bihar cabinet, including ministers from the BJP, LJP(R), HAM, and RLM.
In the Bihar portfolio allocation, LJP(R) has been allocated two departments, Sugarcane Industries and Public Health Engineering, while HAM received the Water Resources portfolio, and RLM was given the Panchayati Raj Department.
Samrat Choudhary (BJP) - Home Ministry
Vijay Kumar Sinha (BJP) - Land & Revenue; Mines & Geology
Mangal Pandey (BJP) - Health; Law
Dilip Jaiswal (BJP) - Industry
Nitin Naveen (BJP) - Road Construction; Urban Development & Housing
Ramkripal Yadav (BJP) - Agriculture
Sanjay Tiger (BJP) - Labour Resources
Arun Shankar Prasad (BJP) - Tourism; Art, Culture & Youth Affairs
Surendra Mehta (BJP) - Animal & Fisheries Resources
Narayan Prasad (BJP) - Disaster Management
Rama Nishad (BJP) - Backward & Extremely Backward Class Welfare
Lakhedar Paswan (BJP) - Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe Welfare
Shreyasi Singh (BJP) - Information Technology; Sports
Pramod Chandravanshi (BJP) - Cooperation; Environment, Forest & Climate Change
JD(U) Ministers' Portfolio Allocation Awaited
The Janta Dal United (JDU) ministers will have to wait a little longer for their portfolios as allocation of key departments, such as Finance and Transport, is yet to be announced. The allocation of eight more ministers, out of 26, is still pending, with the remaining list expected to be announced shortly.