The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar Cabinet on Tuesday expanded with 31 Ministers — 16 from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), 11 from the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), two from Congress, one from the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), and one Independent — administered their oaths by Governor Phagu Chouhan.
Most of the JD(U)‘s Ministers, including Bijendra Yadav, Ashok Choudhury, Sanjay Jha, Vijay Kumar Choudhury, Shrawan Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Lesi Singh, Sheela Kumari, Mohd Zama Khan and Madan Sahni of the previous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government were retained in the Cabinet, while seven legislators from the RJD’s Yadav community became Ministers.
The RJD has 16 Ministers, including party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav. Five Ministers in the new Cabinet are from Muslim community while three are women.
