Bihar cabinet expansion: BJP gets 15 berths, JD(U) 13; Nitish Kumar's son to debut as minister

Following ex-Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s move to the Rajya Sabha, the Bihar cabinet underwent a major expansion on Thursday, with the BJP securing the largest share of 15 berths and the JD(U) getting 13 in the new council of ministers. Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar is also set to become part of the cabinet for the first time.

The BJP list includes Ram Kripal Yadav, Kedar Gupta, Nitish Mishra, Mithlesh Tiwari, Rama Nishad, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Dilip Jaiswal, Pramod Chandravanshi, Lakhvinder Paswan, Sanjay Tiger, Engineer Kumar Shailendra, Nand Kishore Ram, Ramchandra Prasad, Arun Shankar Prasad and Shreyasi Singh.

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The JD(U) list includes Nishant Kumar, Shravan Kumar, Madan Sahni, Lesi Singh, Shweta Gupta, Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha, Damodar Rawat, Bulo Mandal, Sunil Kumar, Sheila Mandal, Ratnesh Sada, Jama Khan and Ashok Choudhary.

Among NDA allies, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) [LJP(R)] has been allotted two ministerial positions, while Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) have received one berth each.

From alliance partners, Sanjay Paswan and Sanjay Singh have been named from LJP(R), Santosh Suman from HAM and Deepak Prakash from RLM.

The allocation gives the BJP a slightly larger share than the JD(U) in the expanded cabinet, while smaller NDA allies have also been accommodated.