Bihar: JD(U) Keeps Important Portfolios, BJP Gets More Ministers

Months after the election results were declared on November 2020, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday, 9 February, inducted 17 new ministers in the government after the initial Cabinet formation.

While eight members were inducted from the Janata Dal (United), nine were inducted from the Bhartiya Janata Party. In the new Cabinet, the BJP now has 16 ministers with 22 portfolios, while the JD(U) has 13 ministers with 21 portfolios.

While the BJP has one portfolio more than the JD(U) in the Cabinet, the important portfolios like Home, Education, Rural Development, Rural Works and Water Resources still remain with the JD(U).

One of the prominent names inducted was former Union minister and recently elected Legislative Council Member Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, who has been allotted the industry portfolio.