Archive · 22 Nov 2025
Bihar: BJP Gets Home Portfolio After 20 Years; Nitish Keeps Finance
The new Bihar government, a coalition of JD(U), BJP, and others, has allocated portfolios to its ministers.
Notably, the BJP has been given the home portfolio for the first time in 20 years.
The chief minister, Nitish Kumar, has kept the finance portfolio for himself and given it to his party, JD(U).
Other key departments have been distributed among the coalition partners.
BJP's Samrat Chowdhury gets home portfolio for first time in 20 years
Nitish Kumar keeps finance portfolio, gives it to JD(U)'s Bijendra Prasad Yadav
BJP gets key departments like health, industries, and tourism
JD(U) gets rural development, transport, and social welfare departments
LJP(RV) and HAM(S) get minor portfolios
- Who
- Nitish Kumar-led coalition of JD(U), BJP, LJP(RV), and HAM(S)
- What
- Allocated portfolios to ministers
- When
- Friday, August 12, 2022
- Where
- Bihar, India
- Why
- To form the government and distribute responsibilities
JD(U) and BJP
LJP(RV) and HAM(S)
Home Portfolio
JD(U) and BJP
BJP gets home portfolio after 20 years
LJP(RV) and HAM(S)
LJP(RV) and HAM(S) get minor portfolios
Finance Portfolio
JD(U) and BJP
JD(U) keeps finance portfolio
LJP(RV) and HAM(S)
LJP(RV) and HAM(S) not given significant financial portfolios
- Chief Minister
- Nitish Kumar (JD(U))
- Deputy Chief Minister(s)
- Samrat Chowdhury (BJP), Vijay Kumar Sinha (JD(U))
- Home Minister
- Samrat Chowdhury (BJP)
- Finance Minister
- Bijendra Prasad Yadav (JD(U))
- Number of Ministers
- 30
- Coalition Partners
- JD(U), BJP, LJP(RV), HAM(S)
