## Bihar Cabinet & Council of Ministers – Summary
The newly formed Bihar cabinet, led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)), includes representatives from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP-RV), Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM), and Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM). The cabinet comprises 31 ministers, including the Chief Minister and two Deputy Chief Ministers.
**Key Positions & Parties:**
* **Chief Minister:** Nitish Kumar (JD(U))
* **Deputy Chief Ministers:** Samrat Choudhary (BJP) & Vijay Kumar Sinha (BJP)
**BJP Ministers (12):**
Prem Kumar, Renu Devi, Janak Ram, Nitin Naveen, Sheela Mandal, Sanjay Mayukh, Arun Kumar Sahu, Jibesh Kumar Mishra, Ram Surat Rai, Alok Ranjan, Neeraj Kumar Bablu, and Vinod Narayan Jha.
**JD(U) Ministers (11):**
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Lalan Singh, Shravan Kumar, Ashok Choudhary, Jama Khan, Madan Sahni, Lesi Singh, Surendra Prasad Yadav, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Mrityunjay Kumar Singh, and Anita Devi.
**LJP (RV) Ministers (2):**
Jamaluddin Ansari and Dilip Kumar Verma.
**RLM Minister (1):**
Kartikeya Kumar.
**HAM Minister (1):**
Santosh Kumar Suman.
**Portfolio Distribution (Highlights):**
* Samrat Choudhary (Deputy CM) holds Home, Prohibition, Excise & Taxation.
* Vijay Kumar Sinha (Deputy CM) manages Road Construction, Public Works, and Urban Development.
* Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (JD(U)) is responsible for Finance, Commercial Taxes, and Economic Affairs.
* Lalan Singh (JD(U)) holds the portfolio of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj.
* Shravan Kumar (JD(U)) is the Minister for Revenue & Land Reforms.
* Prem Kumar (BJP) is the Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change.
* Renu Devi (BJP) is the Minister for Tourism.
* Jamaluddin Ansari (LJP-RV) is the Minister for Minority Affairs.
* Kartikeya Kumar (RLM) is the Minister for Law.
* Santosh Kumar Suman (HAM) is the Minister for Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Welfare.
This cabinet formation reflects a power-sharing arrangement among the coalition partners, with the BJP holding a significant number of portfolios. The allocation aims to represent various social and political groups within Bihar.
