In an apparent replay of the 2020 NDA regime in Patna, the new Bihar government on February 3 allocated portfolios to its six Ministers, along with the Chief Minister and two Deputy CMs. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar retained the Home portfolio, while giving away Finance and Health to the BJP. The two Deputy CMs will hold nine portfolios each, while the CM holds five, as well as other unallocated portfolios.
The Ministers in the new NDA government took their oath of office on January 28. The Cabinet is likely to be expanded after the upcoming Budget Session of the State legislature, which is scheduled to begin on February 12. The new Cabinet is expected to strongly resemble the one during the NDA’s 2020 tenure in the State, a BJP source told The Hindu.
Mr. Kumar has held the key Home portfolio since November 2005, and continues to hold it now, along with General Administration, Vigilance, Cabinet Secretariat, and all other portfolios which have not been allocated as yet.
