Fifth Nitish Kumar ministry
This is a list of minister from Nitish Kumar's fifth cabinet starting from 22 February 2015. Nitish Kumar is the leader of JD(U), who was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Bihar in February 2015 with help of Mahagathbandhan which included RJD and INC.
Fifth Nitish Kumar ministry | |
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Ministry of Bihar | |
Nitish Kumar Hon'ble Chief Minister of Bihar | |
Date formed | November 2015 |
Date dissolved | July 2017 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Governor
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Head of government | Nitish Kumar |
No. of ministers | 30 |
Member parties | JD(U) RJD INC |
Status in legislature | Coalition |
Opposition party | BJP |
Opposition leader | Dr. Prem Kumar |
History | |
Election(s) | 2015 |
Legislature term(s) | 5 years |
Successor | Nitish Kumar sixth ministry |
History
Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister along with 28 ministers, including RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s two sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap in the grand alliance government of RJD, JD(U) & INC.
Council of Ministers
In cabinet 12 ministers are from Janata Dal (United), 12 ministers from Rashtriya Janata Dal and four minister from Indian National Congress with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as fourth Deputy Chief Minister and also the youngest minister of Bihar.[1][2][3]
Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry.[4]
SI No. | Name | Constituency | Department | Party |
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1. | Chief Minister |
MLC | Minister of General Administration, Home, Cabinet Secretariat, Vigilance, Election, Information & Public Relations, etc. | JD(U) |
2. | Tejashwi Yadav Deputy Chief Minister |
Raghopur | Minister of Road Construction, Building Constructions & Backward Class Development. | RJD |
3. | Ashok Choudhary | MLC | Minister of Human Resource Development and Information Technology. | INC |
4. | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | Darbhanga | Minister of Finance. | RJD |
5. | Tej Pratap Yadav | Mahua | Minister of Health, Forest and Environment, Backward & Extremely Backward Class Welfare Ministry. | RJD |
6. | Vijay Prakash | Minister of Labour Resources. | RJD | |
7. | Anita Devi | Minister of Tourism. | RJD | |
8. | Muneshwar Chaudhary | Minister of Mines & Geology. | RJD | |
9. | Chandrasekhar | Minister of Disaster Management. | RJD | |
10. | Dr. Abdul Ghafoor | Minister of Minority Welfare, Sugarcane Industry. | RJD | |
11. | Shiv Chandra Ram | Minister of Art, Culture & Youth Affairs. | RJD | |
12. | Pramod Kumar | Minister of Tourism. | RJD | |
13. | Alok Kumar Mehta | Minister of Co-operative. | RJD | |
14. | Chandrika Roy | Minister of Transport. | RJD | |
15. | Ramvichar Rai | Minister of Agriculture. | RJD | |
16. | Madan Mohan Jha | MLC | Minister of Revenue and Land Reforms. | INC |
17. | Bijendra Prasad Yadav | Supaul | Minister of Energy, Commercial Taxes, Environment & Forest, Information Technology.[5] | JD(U) |
18. | Kapil Deo Kamat | Babubarhi | Minister of Panchayati Raj. | JD(U) |
19. | Madan Sahni | Minister of Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection. | JD(U) | |
20. | Firoz Ahmad | Minister of Sugar Cane Industry. | JD(U) | |
21. | Santosh Kumar Nirala | Minister of SC/ST Development. | JD(U) | |
22. | Abdul Jalil Mastan | Minister of Registration and Excise. | INC | |
23. | Manju Verma | Cheria-Bariarpur | Minister of Social Welfare. | JD(U) |
24. | Shailesh Kumar | Minister of Rural Works Department. | JD(U) | |
25. | Maheshwar Hazari | Minister of Urban development. | JD(U) | |
26. | Krishan Nandan Prasad Verma | Minister of Public Health Engineering Department and Law. | JD(U) | |
27. | Jai Kumar Singh | Minister of Industries Department, Science & Technology. | JD(U) | |
28. | Awdhesh Kumar Singh | Minister of Animal & Fish Resources. | INC | |
29. | Shrawan Kumar | Nalanda | Minister of Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs. | JD(U) |
30. | Lalan Singh | MLC | Minister of Water Resources. | JD(U) |
See also
- Government of Bihar
- Bihar Legislative Assembly
- Nitish Kumar sixth ministry
References
- Nitish Kumar Cabinet: Complete list of ministers with portfolios
- Nitish Kumar’s Bihar team: 7 Masters, 9 graduates and 12 who went to school
- http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/live-nitish-kumar-to-take-oath-as-bihar-cm-today/ Nitish takes charge, Lalu Junior 1 his deputy, Junior 2 his colleague]
- "Bihar: Here is a list of ministers in Nitish Kumar's cabinet with portfolios". DNA. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- Uproar in Bihar Legislative Council as Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav calls BJP 'Bakwas Jumla Party'