Bihar portfolio allocation OUT: CM Nitish keeps Home dept; Tar Kishore Prasad gets Finance

A 14-member council of ministers, headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was sworn in at oath-taking ceremony in Patna in presence of Goverr Phagu Chauhan on Monday. Two Deputy Chief Minister-designates Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi were among those who were administered oath of office on Monday. w, Republic has accessed portfolio allocations.

Here’s full list of Bihar cabinet 2020 portfolios:

Nitish Kumar: Chief Minister

With his victory for fourth consecutive time in Bihar Assembly Elections, Nitish Kumar has become longest-serving Chief Minister of state at of 69. Member of Janata Dal (United), Kumar has held CM post for 15 consecutive years w barring short spells out of post.

Chief Minister of Bihar has been allotted following portfolios:

• Home
• General administration
• Cabinet
• Vigilance
• Election
• All or departments t distributed to any minister

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​Tar Kishore Prasad: Deputy Chief Minister

BJP leader Tar Kishore Prasad replaced Sushil Kumar Modi as Deputy CM of Bihar. Prasad is a fourth-term MLA who has been inducted into council of ministers for first time. cabinets allotted to Prasad include:

• Finance
• Commercial taxes
• Environment and forest
• Information techlogy
• Disaster manment
• Urban development

Renu Devi: Deputy Chief Minister

Along with Tar Kishore Prasad, BJP leader Renu Devi has also been sworn-in as Deputy CM for Bihar. Renu Devi is also a four-term MLA from Bettiah, who served as a member of council of ministers headed by Nitish Kumar in 2010. She has been allotted following portfolios:

• Panchayati Raj
• Backward caste upliftment and EBC welfare
• Industry

Vijay Chaudhary

JD(U) leader Vijay Kumar Choudhary won Sarairanjan Assembly seat in Samastipur. 

• Rural Engineering Department
• Ruler development department water resources
• Information and broadcasting
• Parliamentary affairs

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Bijendra Yadav - JD(U)

• Energy
• Prohibition
• Planning
• Food and consumer affairs

Mewa Lal Choudhary - JD(U)

• Mewa Lal Choudhary from Bihar’s Tarapur constituency 
• Education
• Sheila Kumari
• Transport

Santosh Manjhi - HAM

son of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief and former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, Santosh Kumar Suman also took oath as a cabinet minister in Bihar on Monday. His portfolios include:

• Mir irrigation
•  SC/ST welfare

Mukesh Sahni - VIP

• Animal husbandry and fishery

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Mangal Pandey

BJP leader Mangal Pandey held post of Bihar’s health minister in last term of CM Nitish Kumar. In this term, he received following portfolios.

• Health
• Road
• Art and culture

Amrendra Singh - BJP

• Agriculture
• Cooperative
• Sugar cane

Ram Preet Paswan - BJP

• PHED

Jivesh Kumar - BJP

• Tourism
• Labour
• Mines

Ram Surat - BJP

• Revenue
• Law

Ashok Chowdhary

current president of JD(U) Bihar and one of Nitish Kumar’s close confidants, Ashok Choudhary, has been allotted following cabinets:

• Building
• Mirities
• Science and techlogy

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Bihar Election Result 2020

Bihar assembly elections results were declared around midnight on vember 10-vember 11, with ruling coalition - NDA winning 125 in 243-member assembly, against Mahagathbandhan's 110. Even as contest remained neck and neck throughout day, RJD under leadership of Tejashwi Yadav, became single largest party with 75 seats, followed by BJP's 74. While Chirag Paswan's LJP won one seat, it made a major dent in JDU's tally that has come down to 43 from 71 in 2015. biggest clincher is Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM winning 5 seats and CPI-ML  winning 12 seats. or two left parties - CPI and CPI-M won two each. or two alliance partners of NDA - HAM and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) won four seats each.