33 Ministers Including Nishant Kumar Sworn-In In Bihar Cabinet Expansion
Bihar cabinet expansion sees Nishant Kumar and 32 others sworn in as ministers.
A major expansion of the Bihar Cabinet took place on Thursday, with 32 leaders, including JD(U) president and former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar, taking oath as ministers in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The swearing-in ceremony marked a significant reshuffle in the state government, with Nishant Kumar, aged 45 and an engineering graduate, being inducted into the cabinet despite his long-standing distance from active politics. Reports suggest his entry followed sustained persuasion from the JD(U) leadership, even though he had earlier expressed reluctance, stating he wanted to first establish himself as a dedicated party worker.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which remains the single largest party in the 243-member Bihar Assembly with 89 MLAs, secured 15 ministerial positions in the new cabinet. Many of the ministers sworn in on Thursday were already part of the earlier Nitish Kumar-led cabinet formed after the NDA returned to power in the previous assembly elections.
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The JD(U) itself holds 15 ministerial berths in the expanded cabinet, with 13 members taking oath during the ceremony held at Gandhi Maidan. Two senior leaders—Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav—had already been sworn in earlier in April alongside BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and were subsequently designated as deputy chief ministers.
The cabinet also includes representation from NDA allies. Sanjay Kumar Singh and Sanjay Kumar Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), led by Union Minister Chirag Paswan, have been reinducted. Similarly, Santosh Kumar Suman and Deepak Prakash, sons of Union ministers Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha respectively, from the Hindustani Awam Morcha and Rashtriya Lok Morcha, also returned as ministers.
The expansion reflects the NDA’s continued consolidation of its political alliance structure in Bihar, balancing representation across coalition partners while strengthening its administrative setup ahead of the next phase of governance.
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