Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry

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Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry

40th Ministry of Bihar
Nitish Kumar
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Bihar
Date formed28 January 2024
Date dissolved20 November 2025
People and organisations
GovernorRajendra Arlekar
Arif Mohammad Khan
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Deputy Chief MinisterVijay Kumar Sinha
Samrat Choudhary
Member parties
  •   BJP  
  •   JD(U)  
  •   [[Hindustani Awam Morcha|Template:Hindustani Awam Morcha/meta/shortname]]  
  •   IND
Status in legislatureCoalition
138 / 243 (57%)
Opposition party   RJD  
Opposition leaderTejashwi Yadav
(Assembly)
Rabri Devi
(Council)
History
Election(s)2020
Legislature term(s)1 year, 293 days
PredecessorEighth Nitish ministry
SuccessorTenth Nitish ministry

The Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry was the Council of Ministers in Bihar Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. On 28 January 2024, he walked out of the INDIA (alliance) and announced his resignation. He then decided to form a new government in Bihar along with the BJP's NDA alliance.[1][2]

Council of Ministers[edit | edit source]

Source[3][4] On 15 March 2024, Cabinet expansion held in which 21 new ministers 12 from BJP quota and 9 from JDU quota were inducted.[5] Following are the ministers after full cabinet expansion.[6]

Nitish Kumar inducted 7 MLAs from Bharatiya Janata party into his cabinet on 26 February 2025.[7][8][9]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Chief Minister
Home
General Administration
Cabinet Secretariat
Vigilance
Election
Other departments not allocated to any Minister		 Nitish Kumar28 January 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Deputy Chief Minister
Minister of Finance
Minister of Commercial Taxes		 Samrat Choudhary28 January 202420 November 2025BJP
Deputy Chief Minister
Minister of Mines & Geology		 Vijay Sinha28 January 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Road Construction Vijay Sinha28 January 202426 February 2025BJP
 Nitin Nabin26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of Art, Culture & Youth Vijay Sinha28 January 202426 February 2025BJP
 Moti Lal Prasad26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Chaudhary28 January 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Water Resources Vijay Chaudhary28 January 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Energy Bijendra Yadav28 January 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Planning & Development Bijendra Yadav28 January 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Co-operative Prem Kumar28 January 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Environment & Forest Prem Kumar28 January 202426 February 2025BJP
 Sunil Kumar26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of Rural Development Shrawan Kumar28 January 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Minor Water Resources Santosh Suman28 January 202420 November 2025Hindustani Awam Morcha
Minister of Information Technology Santosh Suman28 January 202426 February 2025Hindustani Awam Morcha
 Krishna Kumar Mantoo26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of Disaster Management Santosh Suman28 January 202426 February 2025Hindustani Awam Morcha
 Vijay Kumar Mandal26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of Science & Technology Sumit Singh28 January 202420 November 2025Independent
Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources Renu Devi15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Health Mangal Pandey15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Agriculture Mangal Pandey15 March 202426 February 2025BJP
 Vijay Sinha26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of Public Health Engineering Neeraj Singh15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Industries Nitish Mishra15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Tourism Nitish Mishra15 March 202426 February 2025BJP
 Raju Kumar Singh26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of Urban Development & Housing Nitin Nabin15 March 202426 February 2025BJP
 Jivesh Mishra26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of Law Nitin Nabin15 March 202426 February 2025BJP
 Mangal Pandey26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of Revenue & Land Reforms Dilip Jaiswal15 March 202426 February 2025[10]BJP
 Sanjay Saraogi26 February 202520 November 2025BJP
Minister of SC & ST Welfare Janak Ram15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of BC & EBC Welfare Hari Sahni15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Sugarcane Industries Krishnanandan Paswan15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Panchayati Raj Kedar Gupta15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Sports Surendra Mehata15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Labour Resources Santosh Singh15 March 202420 November 2025BJP
Minister of Rural Works Ashok Choudhary15 March 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Food & Consumer Protection Leshi Singh15 March 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Social Welfare Madan Sahni15 March 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Information & Public Relations Maheshwar Hazari15 March 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Transport Sheela Mandal15 March 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Education Sunil Kumar15 March 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Building Construction Jayant Raj Kushwaha15 March 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Minority Welfare Zama Khan15 March 202420 November 2025JD(U)
Minister of Excise & Prohibition Ratnesh Sada15 March 202420 November 2025JD(U)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Bihar Political Crisis Live | Nitish Kumar to take oath at 5 p.m." The Hindu. 28 January 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bihar Ministers List 2024: Full list of ministers and their portfolios in Nitish Kumar-led Cabinet". financial express. 3 February 2024. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Nitish Kumar's swearing-in ceremony likely to take place at 5pm: Report". Business Today. 28 January 2024. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "List of Cabinet Ministers Bihar on 03/02/2024" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Kumar, Nitin (15 March 2024). "Bihar Cabinet expansion: Renu Devi, Ashok Choudhary, 19 others take oath as ministers". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Full list of ministers in ninth nitish ministry". Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "CM Nitish Kumar expands Bihar cabinet, inducts 7 MLAs from BJP". The Hindu. 26 February 2025. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Bihar cabinet expansion: Who are 7 new ministers in Nitish Kumar's cabinet and why BJP picked them". The Times of India. 26 February 2025. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025. Bihar cabinet expansion: Who are 7 new ministers in Nitish Kumar's cabinet and why BJP picked them
  9. ↑ "Nitish Kumar expands Bihar Cabinet to full capacity, all seven new members from BJP". The Indian Express. 26 February 2025. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "BJP Minister Dilip Jaiswal resigns ahead of Bihar Cabinet expansion". The Hindu. 26 February 2025. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
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