After the division of portfolios of ministers in Bihar, Upendra Kushwaha’s son Deepak Prakash has taken charge of the Panchayati Raj Department. Only after assuming charge on Saturday (22 November), he held a meeting with the Secretary and officials of the department and issued important instructions. He has given a big statement saying that at many places the work is not being completed on time. He has also raised questions regarding the quality of construction materials. There was also mention of forming a committee to review the work done at the Panchayat level.

Panchayati Raj Minister Deepak Prakash said while talking to the media, “I have got a huge responsibility. Got an opportunity to work under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi and CM Nitish Kumar. I have assumed charge. Extensive discussions have been held with the Secretary and other officials of the department. There was a detailed discussion on whether the ongoing schemes should be implemented properly and whether new schemes should come in future. There was a detailed discussion with the officials within the department. Some ongoing work and some new work were also discussed.

#WATCH Patna Bihar Minister Deepak Prakash says, “Discussions took place with the administrative officials on ongoing schemes, there implementation and new future schemes… There was also a need for issuing new directives. It has been seen that the quality of work in the… https://t.co/YgAZ0Ge716 pic.twitter.com/H0rcWeuxDe

— ANI (@ANI) November 22, 2025

Quality of work is not good in many places – Deepak Prakash

He further said, “The need was felt to issue some instructions to the department officials. One of them is that recently the construction work of Panchayat buildings is going on in the entire Bihar. It has been seen at many places that the quality of work is not as it should be. Either the quality of the construction material is low. And at many places it has also been found that the work is not being completed on time.

‘A committee will be formed to review the works at Panchayat level’

The minister said, “So that whatever work is being done at the Panchayat level can be properly monitored, a committee will be formed with representatives of various political parties at the Panchayat level.” The work of this committee will be to review the work done at the Panchayat level. This will also ensure accountability and the representatives will also get their share in strengthening democracy.

Emphasis on building assets on Zilla Parishad lands

He also mentioned the Zilla Parishad lands. He said, “Another issue is the Zilla Parishad lands at the district level. There is a total of about 35 thousand acres of land in Bihar including all the districts. Revenue generating assets should be developed on these lands, for this either these lands should be given on lease directly or buildings should be constructed on those places. For example, shops should be built in small slots, which can be given on rent for employment.

‘Vacant posts in Panchayati Raj Department will be filled soon’

Deepak Prakash said that development in the form of assets will provide a source of revenue to the department. Along with this, employment will also be created by taking it on rent or lease. He also said, “The third thing is that whatever vacancy is there within the department, there should be reinstatement as soon as possible.” For this also, instructions have been given to the officials of the department. Please note that Minister Deepak Prakash is the son of Upendra Kushwaha and at present is not a member of any House.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday (21 November 2025) distributed departments in his cabinet, under which Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has been given the charge of Home Department. This is the first time during Nitish Kumar’s tenure as Chief Minister that he will not have the Home Department. Before this, this department had remained with him throughout his tenure. If we look at the complete list of division of departments in Bihar, the Home Ministry may have gone to BJP’s account, but JDU has many important departments.

These big departments will remain with JDU

JDU’s Bijendra Yadav is the oldest minister in the Bihar cabinet, he was given the responsibility of finance, commercial tax, energy, planning development. Vijay Chaudhary has been assigned the Department of Water Resources, Building Construction and Parliamentary Affairs. Apart from this, Ashok Chaudhary has been given the responsibility of Rural Affairs Department, Sunil Kumar has been given the responsibility of Education Department. These are all such departments, which are considered very important from the development point of view of the state.

BJP has the highest number of ministers in the new cabinet

NDA government has been formed for the 8th time under the leadership of Nitish Kumar. In the current cabinet, 14 leaders from Bihar, 9 from JDU, 2 from LJP (R), one each from HAM and RLD have been made ministers. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has the responsibility of general administration, cabinet secretariat, monitoring, elections as well as all such departments which have not been allotted to anyone.

Home department went to BJP’s account

The power of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which emerged as the largest party by winning 89 seats in the Bihar Assembly elections, is clearly visible in the Nitish cabinet. The responsibility of law and order of Bihar will now be on Samrat Chaudhary. BJP had been wanting this department for a long time. Second Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha has got important departments like Revenue and Land Reforms and Mines and Geology.

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After the formation of the new government in Bihar, 26 ministers have taken oath. Now departments have to be divided among ministers. Meanwhile, on Friday (November 21, 2025), a list has come out in which the names of the BJP ministers who took oath and their departments are written. The surprising thing is that Home Department is written in front of Samrat Chaudhary.

Actually the Home Department has been with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. If this list is proved correct and it is approved, then it will be the first time that Nitish Kumar will not have this department. Because this department is such that Nitish Kumar never wants to leave it.

Bihar BJP congratulated ministers

A list has been shared from the X handle of Bihar BJP. In this, the names of 14 ministers and the name of the department are written in front of them. He has been congratulated. The post reads, “Hearty congratulations and best wishes to all the newly appointed honorable ministers of Bihar for being allotted departments! All the honorable ministers who have taken charge with the resolve of public service will give a new direction to good governance and stability under the leadership of respected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji and popular Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar ji.”

Hearty congratulations and best wishes to all the newly appointed honorable ministers of Bihar on being allotted departments!

All the honorable ministers who took charge with the resolve of public service, respected Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Yes and popular Chief Minister Shri @NitishKumar Good governance and stability under the leadership of… pic.twitter.com/R1dG0mDgEB

— BJP Bihar (@BJP4Bihar) November 21, 2025

What did BJP and JDU say about the list?

Regarding this list, BJP’s state media in-charge Danish Iqbal said that it is correct. Not fake. He clearly said that the Home Department is going to Samrat Chaudhary. On the other hand, JDU MLC and spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said that we are not convinced about what is going on right now. There is no authentic letter, so we can’t do anything on it.”

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