INDIA
The holding of number 2, 3 and 4 positions with important portfolios like finance, road construction and health indicates the dominance of RJD, the largest constituent in the alliance government with 80 seats, in the Cabinet.
JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar who was sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister on Friday for a third straight term, kept the home portfolio with him while Lalu Prasad's younger son Tejaswi Yadav was named the Deputy Chief Minister.
The holding of number 2, 3 and 4 positions with important portfolios like finance, road construction and health, indicates the dominance of RJD, the largest constituent in the alliance government with 80 seats in the Cabinet.
JD(U) saw eight new faces in the ministry. Only Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, Shrawan Kumar and Jay Kumar Singh were members of the outgoing cabinet.
Many prominent faces of the previous ministries like Shyam Rajak, Narendra Narayan Yadav, Leshi Singh and Ranju Geeta could not find a berth in the cabinet this time.
Here is a list of Nitish Kumar's Cabinet Ministers
Nitish Kumar: Home, General Administration, Information & Public Communication
Tejwasi Yadav: Deputy chief minister, and will be in charge of road construction and building construction departments.
Tej Pratap Yadav: He will be number three in the cabinet, and will look after health and environment departments.
Abdul Bari Siddiqui: The senior RJD leader has been given the crucial finance portfolio.
Bijendra Prasad Yadav: The JD(U) minister who held the finance ministry in the outgoing Nitish's cabinet, will look after the energy department now.
Ashok Choudhary: The State Congress President has been allotted the human resources department.
Madan Mohan Jha: The Congress leader has been allotted the revenue portfolio.
Rajiv Ranjan Singh: JD(U)'s leader has been gieven the water resources department.
Jay Kumar Singh: Industry portfolio.
Manju Varma: This JD(U) woman minister has been given charge of the social welfare department.
Awdhesh Kumar Singh: Animal and Fishery Development
Vijay Prakash: Labour Resources
Anita Devi: Tourism | Muneshwar Chaudhary: Mining
Chandrasekhar: Disaster Management
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor: Minority Development | Chandrika Devi: Transport
Kapildev Kamat: Panchayat Raj
Khurshid alias Firoz Ahmad: Sugar Cane Industry
Ramvichar Rai: Agriculture
Santosh Kumar Nirala: SC/ST Development
Ashok choudhary: Education and IT
Ministers from RJD who took oath: Tejaswi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Alok Kumar Mehta, Chandrika Rai, Ram Vichar Rai, Shiv Chandra Ram, Abdul Gafoor, Chandrasekhar, Munneshwar Chaudhary, Anita Devi and Vijay Prakash.
Those from JD(U): Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, Shrawan Kumar, Jay Kumar Singh, Krishnandan Prasad Varma, Maheshwar Hazari, Shailesh Kumar, Manju Varma, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Khursheed alias Firoz Ahmad, Madan Sahni and Kapildeo Kamat apart from Nitish Kumar.
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