Bihar Cabinet Expansion: Nitish Kumar Allocates Portfolios To Ministers In Rejigged Council

Bihar Cabinet Expansion: Following the expansion of Bihar's cabinet, portfolios were allocated to the BJP ministers.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Source : PTI

Bihar Cabinet Expansion: After the expansion of the cabinet in Bihar earlier this week, the portfolios were allotted on Thursday. The list of allotted departments of BJP ministers in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet includes several rejigged positions. Take a look at which department has been allotted to which minister.

Samrat Choudhary - Finance and Commercial Taxes Department

Vijay Kumar Sinha - Department of Agriculture, Department of Mines and Minerals

Prem Kumar - Department of Cooperation

Renu Devi - Department of Animal and Fisheries Resources

Mangal Pandey - Department of Health and Department of Law

Neeraj Kumar Bablu - Department of Public Health and Control

Nitish Mishra- Industries Department

Nitin Navin- Road Construction Department

Janak Ram - Scheduled Castes and Tribes Department

Hari Sahni- Backward and Very Backward Classes Welfare Department

Krishnanandan Paswan- Department of Sugarcane Industry

Kedar Gupta- Panchayati Raj Department

Surendra Mehta- Sports Department

Santosh Singh- Department of Labor Resources

Sanjay Sarawagi- Department of Revenue and Land Reforms

Sunil Kumar- Department of Environment and Climate Change

Raju Kumar Singh- Department of Tourism

Moti Lal Prasad - Art Culture and Youth Department

Jivesh Kumar Mishra - Department of Urban Development and Housing

Vijay Kumar Mandal - Disaster Management Department

Mantu Singh- Department of Information Technology

Santosh Suman - Department of Minor Water Resources

What Were The Rejigs In Bihar Cabinet?

Nitin Naveen has been moved from the Ministry of Urban Development to the Road Construction Department. The road construction department was earlier with Vijay Sinha. BJP MLA Jivesh Mishra, who was sworn in on February 26, was given the charge of the Ministry of Urban Development.

Jitan Ram Manjhi's son Santosh Suman was handling three departments. Now, the Information Technology (IT) and Disaster Management Department, have been reallocated. Mantu Singh has been handed the Department of Information Technology and the Disaster Management Department has been allotted to Vijay Mandal. Mangal Pandey has been given the agriculture department to Vijay Sinha. The charge of the law department has been given to Mangal Pandey.

Moti Lal Prasad has been asked to take over the Department of Art, Culture and Youth from Vijay Kumar Sinha.