Nitish Kumar took oath as Chief Minister for the 10th time at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna. BJP had the highest number of ministers in the new government of Bihar. Whereas JDU got 9 posts including Chief Minister. BJP has paid special attention to Mandal and Kamandal in the distribution of ministerial posts. Nitish Kumar was made the CM while Vijay Kumar Sinha and Samrat Chaudhary were made the Deputy Chief Ministers.
This MLA became minister in Nitish government
The ministers who took oath included Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Vijendra Kumar Yadav, Shravan Kumar, Mangal Pandey, Dilip Jaiswal, Ashok Chaudhary, Leshi Singh, Madan Sahni, Nitin Nabin, Ramkripal Yadav, Santosh Kumar Suman, Sunil Kumar, Mohammad Jama Khan, Sanjay Singh Tiger, Arun Shankar Prasad, Surendra Mehta, Narayan Prasad, Rama Nishad, Lakhendra Kumar Roshan, Shreyasi Singh, Pramod Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Singh and Deepak Prakash was there. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan called the newly elected ministers one by one in groups of five to six members and administered the oath of office and secrecy.
BJP ministers and caste
- Vijay Sinha- Bhumihar
- Samrat Chaudhary- Kushwaha
- Dilip Jaiswal-Vaishya
- Mangal Pandey- Brahmin
- Shreyasi Singh-Rajput
- Sanjay Tiger – Rajput
- Nitin Naveen- Kayastha
- Surendra Mehta – Dhanuk (Extremely Backward)
- Lakhendra Paswan- Paswan (SC)
- Arun Shankar Prasad- Sudi (OBC)
- Ram Kripal Yadav- Yadav
- Rama Nisha – Mallah (Extremely Backward)
- Narayan Shah- Tradesman
- Pramod Kumar Chandravanshi- Extremely Backward
In this election, BJP emerged as the largest party with 89 seats. After this, JDU got 85 seats, while LJP (Ram Vilas) got 19, Hindustani Awami Morcha (HAM) got 5 and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) got four seats. Three ministers were made from LJP (R), one from HAM and one from RLM.
PM Modi congratulated all the ministers
PM Modi posted on Instagram and said, “Hearty congratulations to all the colleagues who took oath as ministers in the Bihar government. This is a great team of dedicated leaders, who will take Bihar to new heights. My best wishes to all.” At the end of the ceremony, the Prime Minister in his familiar style raised the enthusiasm of the gathering by waving the towel in the air.
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