Eighth Nitish Kumar ministry
Eighth Nitish Kumar ministry | |
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Ministry of Bihar | |
Date formed | 10 August 2022 |
People and organisations | |
Governor | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
Deputy Chief Minister | Tejashwi Yadav[1] |
No. of ministers | 31 (Including CM And Deputy CM) |
Member parties | |
Status in legislature | Coalition 165 / 243 (68%) |
Opposition party | BJP |
Opposition leader | Vijay Kumar Sinha (Assembly) Samrat Chaudhary (Council) |
History | |
Election(s) | 2020 |
Predecessor | Seventh Nitish ministry |
The Eighth Nitish Kumar ministry is the Council of Ministers in Bihar Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.[3] On August 9, 2022, he walked out of the BJP's NDA alliance and announced his resignation.[4] He then decided to form a new government in Bihar along with the RJD and the Congress.[5] Though Nitish Kumar from Janata Dal (United) is the Chief Minister of this government, Rashtriya Janata Dal is the largest party in this alliance.
Council of Ministers[edit]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref | |
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Chief Minister
| Nitish Kumar | 10 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Deputy Chief Minister
| Tejashwi Yadav | 10 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Environment, Forest and Climate change | Tej Pratap Yadav | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Law | Kartik Kumar | 16 August 2022 | 31 August 2022 | RJD | ||
Shamim Ahmad | 31 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Sugar Cane Industries | Shamim Ahmad | 16 August 2022 | 31 August 2022 | RJD | ||
Alok Kumar Mehta | 31 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Revenue and Land reforms | Alok Kumar Mehta | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Agriculture | Sudhakar Singh | 16 August 2022 | 03 October 2022 | RJD | ||
Kumar Sarvjeet | 03 October 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Tourism | Kumar Sarvjeet | 16 August 2022 | 03 October 2022 | RJD | ||
BC & EBC Welfare | Anita Devi | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Co-operative | Surendra Prasad Yadav | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Education | Prof. Chandrashekhar Yadav | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Public Health Engineering department | Lalit Kumar Yadav | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Art, Culture & Youth Affairs | Jitendra Kumar Ray | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Mines and Geology | Ramanand Yadav | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Labour resources | Surendra Ram | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Disaster Management | Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Information Technology | Mohammad Israil Mansuri | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Industries | Samir Kumar Mahaseth | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Finance Commercial Tax Parliamentary affairs | Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Energy Planning & Development | Bijendra Prasad Yadav | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Building Construction | Ashok Choudhary | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Transport | Sheela Kumari | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Rural Development | Shrawan Kumar | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Water Resources Information & Public Relations | Sanjay Kumar Jha | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Food & Consumer Protection Department | Leshi Singh | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Minority welfare | Mohd Zama Khan | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Minor Water Resources | Jayant Raj Kushwaha | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Social Welfare | Madan Sahni | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Excise & Prohibition | Sunil Kumar Singh | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
SC/ST Welfare | Santosh Kumar Suman | 16 August 2022 | 13 June 2023 | Hindustani Awam Morcha | ||
Ratnesh Sada | 16 June 2023 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Animal Husbandry and Fisheries | Md Afaque Alam | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | INC | ||
Panchayati Raj | Murari Prasad Gautam | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | INC | ||
Science and Technology | Sumit Kumar Singh | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | Independent |
See also[edit]
- Government of Bihar
- Bihar Legistive Assembly
- Bihar Legistive Council
- List of chief minters of Bihar
- List of deputy chief minters of Bihar
- Sixth Nitish Kumar mintry
- Seventh Nitish Kumar mintry
References[edit]
- ↑ "Tejashwi Yadav to begin second innings as Bihar's deputy chief minister". Hindustan Times. 2022-08-10. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ "Largest alliance partner, RJD eyes key portfolios, Bihar speaker's chair". Hindustan Times. 2022-08-10. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ Bhandari, Shashwat (2022-08-09). "Nitish Kumar's unique record: To take oath as Bihar CM for 8th time in 22 years". www.indiatvnews.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ "Nitish-BJP break-up in Bihar: Why Modi's BJP is right to be nervous about Nitish". The Indian Express. 2022-08-09. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ "Bihar: JD(U), RJD, Congress realign after two months of secret discussions". Hindustan Times. 2022-08-10. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ "Government of Bihar". Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ↑ "Bihar Cabinet: दागी कार्तिकेय सिंह से छिना कानून मंत्रालय, अब सीएम नीतीश ने दी ये जिम्मेदारी". Archived from the original on 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2022-08-31.