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Bihar Cabinet expansion: Nitish Kumar's Son Nishant, others take oath as Ministers
May-07-2026

In a major expansion of the Cabinet of Bihar’s first BJP-led government, JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar and 31 others took oath as ministers at a function held at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan. Governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) administered the oath of office to the ministers.

The swearing in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister J P Nadda, former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, and several other senior leaders of the ruling alliance. 

Those who took oath as ministers in the Samrat Choudhary-led cabinet include Shrawon Kumar, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, Nishant Kumar, and Leshi Singh, along with Ram Kripal Yadav, Nitish Mishra, Damodar Rawat, Sanjay Singh (Tiger), Ashok Choudhary, and many others from the NDA alliance. 

The move comes after Nitish Kumar resigned as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council (MLC) in March, as he prepares to assume office in the Rajya Sabha.


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