Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the oath-taking ceremony at Gandhi Maidan in Patna alongside senior BJP leaders and Union ministers. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who met Nishant Kumar ahead of his induction into the Bihar cabinet, was also present at the event. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister JP Nadda and Union Minister Nitin Nabin were among the other leaders who attended the cabinet expansion ceremony.
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BJP gets largest share in council of ministers
The BJP leaders sworn in included Ram Kripal Yadav, Kedar Gupta, Nitish Mishra, Mithlesh Tiwari, Rama Nishad, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Dilip Jaiswal, Pramod Chandravanshi, Lakhvinder Paswan, Sanjay Tiger, Engineer Kumar Shailendra, Nand Kishore Ram, Ramchandra Prasad, Arun Shankar Prasad and Shreyasi Singh.
The JD(U) ministers who took oath included Nishant Kumar, Shravan Kumar, Madan Sahni, Lesi Singh, Shweta Gupta, Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha, Damodar Rawat, Bulo Mandal, Sunil Kumar, Sheila Mandal, Ratnesh Sada, Jama Khan and Ashok Choudhary.
Among NDA allies, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) [LJP(R)] got two ministerial berths, while Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) received one berth each. Sanjay Paswan and Sanjay Singh took oath from LJP(R), while Santosh Suman from HAM and Deepak Prakash from RLM were also inducted into the cabinet.
The expansion gives the BJP a slightly larger share than the JD(U) in the new Bihar cabinet, while accommodating smaller NDA allies in the power-sharing arrangement.Also Read: TN CM 2026: What will happen if Vijay’s TVK fails to prove majority? Check possible government formation scenarios here
Nitish Kumar’s exit reshapes Bihar power balance
Nitish Kumar, the longest-serving chief minister in Bihar’s history, stepped down to move to the Rajya Sabha, triggering a major political transition in the state. His son Nishant Kumar, who had largely stayed away from active politics, entered public life amid pressure from JD(U) workers concerned about the party’s future after Nitish Kumar’s exit from power.
Samrat Choudhary’s elevation marks the first time the BJP has secured direct control of the chief minister’s office in Bihar after years of functioning as the junior ally in governments led by Nitish Kumar.
