After cabinet expansion in Bihar, departments were distributed among the ministers. Nishant Kumar was made the Health Minister. Vijay Sinha (BJP) was appointed Agriculture Minister. The cabinet expansion of the Samrat Chaudhary-led government took place on Thursday (May 7). Former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar took oath as minister along with 31 other leaders. Nishant had entered active politics about two months ago, when his father Nitish had announced that he would leave the post of Chief Minister and become a member of Rajya Sabha. Last month, when BJP leader Samrat Chaudhary took over as the Chief Minister, Nishant had initially refused to take the post of Deputy Chief Minister. However, after being persuaded by senior JDU leaders, he finally agreed and joined the cabinet.
Who got which department?
Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary: General Administration, Home Department, Cabinet Secretariat, Surveillance, Elections, Civil Aviation, and all those other departments not allotted to any other minister.
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary: Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs
Bijendra Prasad Yadav: Finance, Commercial Tax
Shravan Kumar: Rural Development, Information and Public Relations
Vijay Kumar Sinha: Agriculture Department
Dilip Kumar Jaiswal: Revenue and Land Reforms
Nishant Kumar: Health
Lacey Singh: Building Construction
Ram Kripal Yadav: Co-operation
Governor administered the oath of office and secrecy
Bihar Governor Syed Ata Hasnain administered the oath of office and secrecy to all 32 NDA leaders. A grand program was organized at Gandhi Maidan in Patna for the swearing-in ceremony. Many prominent leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and BJP President Nitin Naveen were present in this program.
