Key Points
After a week of taking the oath, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar has finally allocated portfolios for the ministers based on the 2020 formula between BJP, JD (U) and other allies...
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has retained the home portfolio with him while finance, health, road construction, urban development and housing has gone to BJP...
The two deputy chief ministers from BJP, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha have both got nine portfolios each..
Choudhary has got finance, health, commercial tax, urban development and housing, sports, industry, and law among others while Sinha's portfolios include agriculture, road construction, revenue, land reforms, and labour...
Veteran JD(U) leader Bijendra Yadav, whom Kumar often credits for transforming the power sector in the state, has retained the department, besides getting excise and prohibition, planning and development, rural works, and minority welfare...
