AMN / PATNA
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today expanded his two-member Cabinet, a week after he took oath along with Tejashwi Yadav as his deputy.
A total of 31 ministers were inducted into the new Council of Ministers with the Rashtriya Janata Dal retaining the largest share of ministers. CM Nitish Kumar has retained the Home Department while Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav got the Health Department. JD(U)’s Vijay Kumar Chudhury has been given the charge of the Finance department and Tejashwi’s brother Tej Pratap has been made the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Here is the full list of ministers in the Nitish Kumar cabinet:
1. Tej Pratap Yadav, RJD
2. Alok Kumar Mehta, RJD
3. Anita Devi, RJD
4. Surendra Prasad Yadav, RJD
5. Chandra Shekhar, RJD
6. Lalit Yadav, RJD
7. Jitendra Kumar Rai, RJD
8. Rama Nand Yadav, RJD
9. Sudhakar Singh, RJD
10. Kumar Sarvjeet, RJD
11. Surendra Ram, RJD
12. Shamim Ahmad, RJD
13. Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam, RJD
14. Mohammad Israil Mansuri, RJD
15. Kartik Singh, RJD
16. Samir Kumar Mahaseth, RJD
17. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, JD(U)
18. Bijendra Prasad Yadav, JD(U)
19. Ashok Choudhary, JD(U)
20. Sheela Mandal, JD(U)
21. Shrawan Kuma, JD(U)
22. Sanjay Jha, JD(U)
23. Leshi Singh, JD(U)
24. Mohd Zama Khan, JD(U)
25. Jayant Raj Kushwaha, JD(U)
26. Madan Sahni, JD(U)
27. Sunil Kumar, JD(U)
28. Md Afaque Alam, Congress
29. Murari Prasad Gautam, Congress
30. Santosh Suman Manjhi, HAM
31. Sumit Singh, Independent