Bihar Cabinet Adds 32 NDA Ministers Under CM Choudhary

Patna, Bihar - Thirty-two leaders from the National Democratic Alliance took oath as ministers Thursday during a cabinet expansion of the Bihar government led by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, marking the first such addition since he assumed office last month.

The swearing-in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan drew a high-profile crowd, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda, former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and other senior NDA figures. Governor Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) administered the oaths to the new ministers.

The expanded cabinet includes 15 from the Bharatiya Janata Party, 13 from Janata Dal (United), two from Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), one from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), and one from Rashtriya Lok Morcha. Among the inductees were Nishant Kumar, son of Nitish Kumar and an engineer by training, along with Vijay Kumar Sinha, Shrawan Kumar, Dilip Jaiswal, Leshi Singh, Ashok Chaudhary, and others. Five new faces joined the council, including Nishant, who had initially resisted a ministerial role but agreed after persuasion from senior JDU leaders such as...