JDU chief Nitish Kumar on Thursday (November 20) was sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath of office and secrecy to him. Kumar took the oath on the Constitution of India. Along with him, 26 other MLAs took oath as Bihar ministers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda, and several other top leaders of the NDA attended the swearing-in ceremony. The event was attended by the chief ministers of several NDA ruled states.
A total of 27 leaders, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Samrat Choudhary, and Vijay Kumar Sinha, took oath at Patna's Gandhi Maidan. Among the main NDA constituents, the BJP and JD(U) got 14 and 8 ministerial berths, respectively, excluding the Chief Minister. Additionally, one berth each was allotted to the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) [HAM(S)], while two positions were given to Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).
At least three newly inducted ministers are members of the state legislative council. They include JD(U) national general secretary Ashok Choudhary, a close and trusted aide of the Chief Minister, state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal, and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief Santosh Kumar Suman.
Shreyasi Singh, an award-winning shooter who won from Jamui for a second consecutive term, has entered the cabinet for the first time. Rama Nishad, the wife of former Muzaffarpur MP Ajay Nishad—who joined the BJP during the peak of the election campaign and secured a victory from Aurai—has also been inducted. Additionally, veteran JD(U) leader and nine-term MLA Bijendra Prasad Yadav has returned to the cabinet.
Nitish Kumar Cabinet 10.0: Full list of Ministers
| MLA | Party | About the leader |
| Samrat Choudhary | BJP | Choudhary won the Tarapur constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Arun Kumar by 45,843 votes. He became the Deputy Chief Minister in January 2024 and held several ministries. He was the Cabinet minister in the Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rabri Devi governments. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council from 2022 to 2023. He was also the BJP Bihar state unit chief from 2023 to 2024. He represented the Parbatta Assembly constituency twice in 2000 and 2010 as a RJD nominee. |
| Vijay Kumar Sinha | BJP | Sinha won the Lakhisarai constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Congress candidate Amaresh Kumar by 24,940 votes. He became the Deputy Chief Minister in January 2024 and held several ministries, including Agriculture, Road Construction, Mines, Geology, Art, Culture and Youth and Labour Resources, during different tenures. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2022 to 2024. He was the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2020 to 2022. He represented the Lakhisarai Assembly constituency in February 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020. |
| Dilip Jaiswal | BJP | Jaiswal has been a member of the Bihar Legislative Council and the president of the Bihar BJP state unit. He served as the Minister of Revenue and Land Reforms in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet. He lost the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from the Kishanganj constituency at the hands of the Congress candidate Mohammad Asrarul Haque. |
| Mangal Pandey | BJP | Pandey won the Siwan constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Awadh Bihari Choudhary by 9,370 votes. He served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet. He was also the BJP Bihar state unit chief from 2013 to 2016. Pandey has been a member of the Legislative Council since 2012. |
| Sanjay Singh Tiger | BJP | Tiger won the Arrah constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) (CPI-ML(L)) candidate Quyamuddin Ansari by 19,581 votes. He received 94,201 votes (50.98%), while Ansari got 74,620 votes (40.38%). |
| Rama Nishad | BJP | Nishad won the Aurai constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) candidate Bhogendra Sahni by 57,206 votes. She received 1,04,085 votes (50.06%), while Sahni got 46,879 votes (22.55%). |
| Arun Shankar Prasad | BJP | Prasad won the Khajauli constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Braj Kishor Yadav by 13,126 votes. He received 1,01,151 votes (49.36%), while Yadav got 88,025 votes (42.95%). |
| Ram Kripal Yadav | BJP | Yadav won the Danapur constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Rit Lal Roy by 29,133 votes. He received 1,19,877 votes (54.41%), while Alam got 90,744 votes (41.19%). He won the Pataliputra Lok Sabha seat twice in 2014 and 2019 before losing it in 2024 at the hands of RJD's Misa Bharti. He won the Patna Lok Sabha seat in 1993 (bypoll), 1996 and 2004. He was also the MoS in the Narendra Modi Cabinet from 2014 to 2019. |
| Nitin Nabin | BJP | Nabin won the Bankipur constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Rekha Kumari by 51,936 votes. He received 98,299 votes (62.66%), while Kumari got 46,363 votes (29.55%). |
| Surendra Prasad Mehta | BJP | Mehta won the Bachhwara constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Congress candidate Shiv Prakash Garib Das by 15,841 votes. He received 1,00,343 votes (45.03%), while Garib Das got 84,502 votes (37.92%). |
| Lakhendra Kumar Raushan | BJP | Raushan won the Patepur constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Prema Chaudhary by 22,380 votes. He received 1,08,356 votes (51.71%), while Chaudhary got 85,976 votes (41.03%). |
| Shreyasi Singh | BJP | Singh won the Jamui constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Mohammad Shamsad Alam by 54,498 votes. She received 1,23,868 votes (57.02%), while Alam got 69,370 votes (31.93%). |
| Narayan Prasad | BJP | Prasad won the Nautan constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Congress candidate Amit Kumar by 22,072 votes. He received 1,01,952 votes (49.05%), while Kumar got 79,880 votes (38.43%). |
| Dr. Pramod Kumar Chandravanshi | BJP | Chandravanshi has been inducted into the Nitish Kumar Cabinet. He is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council. Earlier, Chandravanshi was a member of the JDU. |
| Leshi Singh | JDU | Singh won the Dhamdaha constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Santosh Kumar by 55,159 votes. She received 1,38,750 votes (57.32%), while Kumar got 83,591 votes (34.53%). |
| Madan Sahni | JDU | Sahni won the Bahadurpur constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Bhola Yadav by 12,011 votes. He received 96,300 votes (45.24%), while Yadav got 84,289 votes (39.60%). |
| Sunil Kumar | JDU | Kumar won the Bhorey constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) candidate Dhananjay by 16,163 votes. He received 1,01,469 votes (47.61%), while Dhananjay got 85,306 votes (40.03%). |
| Mohammad Zama Khan | JDU | Khan won the Chainpur constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Brij Kishor Bind by 8,362 votes. He received 70,876 votes (30.94%), while Bind got 62,514 votes (27.29%). |
| Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | JDU | Choudhary won the Sarairanjan constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating RJD candidate Arbind Kumar Sahani by 20,798 votes. He served as the Minister for Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet. He held several other ministries and departments, including Education, Information and Public Relations, Building Construction and Transport, during different tenures of Nitish Kumar. Choudhary won the Sarairanjan seat in 2010, 2015 and 2020. He was also the Bihar Assembly Speaker and represented the Dalsinghsarai constituency thrice in 1982 (bypoll), 1985 and 1990 as a Congress nominee. |
| Bijendra Prasad Yadav | JDU | Yadav won the Supaul constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Congress candidate Minnatullah Rahmani by 30,803 votes. He received 1,09,085 votes (52.16%), while Rahmani got 78,282 votes (37.43%). |
| Shrawon Kumar | JDU | Kumar won the Nalanda constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Congress candidate Kaushalendra Kumar by 33,008 votes. He served as the Minister for Rural Development, Food and Consumer Protection and Social Welfare in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet. Shrawon Kumar won the Nalanda seat in 1995, 2000, February 2005, October 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020. |
| Ashok Chaudhary | JDU | Choudhary has been a member of the Bihar Legislative Council since 2014. He was the Minister of Rural Works in the ninth Nitish Kumar Cabinet and held several other ministries and departments, including Building Construction and Education, etc. Earlier, Choudhary was with the Congress and represented the Barbigha Assembly constituency twice, in 2000 and 2005, as a Congress nominee. |
| Sanjay Kumar Paswan | LJP-RV | Paswan won the Bakhri constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate Suryakant Paswan by 17,318 votes. He received 98,511 votes (47.67%), while Suryakant got 81,193 votes (39.29%). |
| Sanjay Kumar Singh | LJP-RV | Singh won the Mahua constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Mukesh Kumar Raushan by 44,997 votes. He received 87,641 votes (41.47%), while Raushan got 42,644 votes (20.18%). |
| Santosh Kumar Suman | HAM(S) | Suman has been a member of the Bihar Legislative Council. He is the son of former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. He held several ministries, including Minor Irrigation, SC and ST Welfare, Information Technology, Disaster Management, and Minor Water Resources in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet during different tenures. |
| Deepak Prakash | RML | Deepak Prakash Kushwaha is not a member of any house in Bihar. He is the son of RLM chief Upendra Kushwaha and likely to become a member of the Bihar Legislative Council. |
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