Bihar Cabinet Expansion: The recently shaped bureau drove by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Bihar developed Tuesday with the enlistment of 31 clergymen from various constituents of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ or fabulous partnership.
The RJD, which is the biggest party in the state get together, has a significant portion of the ecclesiastical billet, trailed by Kumar’s JD(U).
Of the 31 clergymen who made vow today, 16 were from RJD, 11 from Kumar’s JD(U), two from Congress, one from previous CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and one free.
According to the rundown of designated portfolios, Kumar held the home division, while RJD pioneer Tejashwi Yadav was distributed the wellbeing division.
List of Ministers and their portfolios and Party:
Nitish Kumar (JDU)- Home, General Administration, Cabinet Secretariat, Elections
Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav (RJD)- Health, road construction, urban development, housing and rural development.
Vijay Kumar Choudhary (JDU)- Finance, Commercial Taxes and Parliamentary Affairs
Tej Pratap Yadav (RJD)- Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Bijendra Yadav (JDU)- Power, Planning and Development
Alok Mehta (RJD)- Revenue and Land Reforms
Afaq Alam (INC)- Animal Husbandry and Fishing
Shravan Kumar (JDU)- Rural Development
Ashok Choudhary (JDU)- Building Construction
Leshi Singh (JDU)- Food and Consumer Protection Department
Sanjay Jha (JDU)- Water Resources & Information & Public Relations
Madan Sahani(JDU) – Social Welfare
Kumar Sarvjeet (RJD)- Tourism
Surendra Prasad Yadav (RJD)- Cooperative
Ramanand Yadav (RJD)- Mines and Geology
Santosh Suman Manjhi (HAM)- Kalyan (SC & ST)
Lalit Yadav (RJD) – Public Health and Engineering
Sameer Kumar Mahaseth (RJD)- Industry
Chandrasekhar (RJD)- Education
Jitendra Kumar Rai (RJD)- Art, Culture and Youth Affairs
Anita Devi – Kalyan (Backward and Economically Backward Classes)
Sudhakar Singh – Agriculture
MD Israel Mansouri – Information Technology
Surendra Ram – Labor Resources
Shahnawaz Alam – Disaster Management
Shamim Ahmed – Sugarcane
Murari Gautam – Panchayati Raj
Sumit Kumar Singh – Science and Technology
Sheela Kumari – Transport
Mohammad Zama Khan – Minority Welfare
Kartikeya Singh – Method
Sunil Kumar – Registration and Prohibition
Jayant Raj – Small Water Resources