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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Amit Bhelari

Nitish Kumar distributes portfolios; retains Home, General Administration departments

Nitish Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party JD-U Santosh Kumar Suman Vijay Kumar Choudhary Vijay Kumar Sinha Ashok Choudhary Prem Kumar Samrat Choudhary Shravan Kumar

A day after the expansion of his cabinet, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday allocated portfolios to the ministers of the National Democratic Alliance government. While Mr. Kumar retained important portfolios such as Home, General Administration, Cabinet Secretariat, Election, and Vigilance.

A total of 45 departments have been distributed among 30 cabinet Ministers. As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has more MLAs in comparison to Janata Dal (United), the distribution of departments has been done accordingly.

BJP has stake in 22 departments whereas JD(U) has 19 departments. Three departments have been given to Santosh Kumar Suman, son of former Chief Minister of Jitan Ram Manjhi who heads Hindusanti Awam Morcha (Secular). Independent MLA Sumit Kumar Singh has been given one department in the form of Science, Technology and Technical Educational.

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