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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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday (21 November 2025) has distributed portfolios among 26 ministers of the cabinet. This is the first time in the history of NDA in Bihar that the Home Department has gone to BJP’s account instead of Nitish Kumar. The reins of the Home Department have been handed over to Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary. If we look at the entire cabinet of Bihar, BJP is seen on the front foot.

These departments are in BJP’s account

• Samrat Chaudhary- Home Department
• Vijay Sinha- ​​Land and Revenue Department, Mining and Geology Department
• Mangal Pandey- Health Department, Law Department
• Dilip Jaiswal- Industry Department
• Nitin Naveen- Road Construction Department, Urban Development and Housing Department
• Ramkripal Yadav- Agriculture Department
• Sanjay Tiger- Labor Resources Department
• Arun Shankar Prasad- Tourism Department, Art Culture and Youth Department
• Surendra Mehta- Animal and Fisheries Resources Department
• Narayan Prasad- Disaster Management Department
• Rama Nishad- Backward Class and Extremely Backward Class Welfare Department
• Lakhendra Paswan- Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Welfare Department
• Shreyasi Singh- Department of Information Technology (IT), Sports Department
• Pramod Chandravanshi- Cooperation Department, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department

JDU got these departments

• Vijendra Yadav- Finance Department
• Madan Sahani- Social Welfare Department
• Ashok Chaudhary- Rural Affairs Department
• Lacey Singh- Fertilizer Consumer Department
• Shravan Kumar- Rural Development Department, Transport Department
• Vijay Chaudhary- Water Resources, Building Construction Department
• Vijendra Yadav- Energy Department
• Jama Khan- Minority Department
• Sunil Kumar- Education Department

Which department did LJP (R) minister get?

• Sanjay Kumar- Sugarcane Industry Department
• Sanjay Kumar Singh- Public Health Engineering Department

H.A.M.

Santosh Manjhi- Minor Water Resources Department

R.L.M.
Deepak Prakash- Panchayati Raj Department

The NDA government was sworn in for the 8th time in Bihar on Thursday (20 November 2025). In this, 14 leaders from BJP, 9 from JDU, two from LJP (R), one each from HAM and RLM were made ministers.

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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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Nitish Kumar, who has been the Chief Minister for the longest time in Bihar, took the oath of office and secrecy for the tenth time on Thursday (20 November 2025). 10 new faces along with old experienced leaders have been included in the 26-member cabinet of the new government, in which special attention has been paid to ethnic and regional balance. Many senior ministers of JDU and BJP were given a second chance in the new government.

10 MLAs became ministers for the first time

Of the 26 members of the Council of Ministers, 10 have become ministers for the first time. Senior BJP leaders Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, who were Deputy Chief Ministers in the previous government, have been retained in Nitish Kumar’s cabinet. At the same time, JDU has also retained its old ministers Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Shravan Kumar in the cabinet.

These leaders including Mangal Pandey became ministers again

BJP has again included its former ministers Mangal Pandey, Surendra Prasad Mehta and Nitin Navin in the cabinet. Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal has also returned to the cabinet. Another minister Narayan Prasad has also returned. Jaiswal and Narayan Prasad lost their posts due to Nitish’s sudden separation from NDA in the year 2022 and even when JDU returned to NDA last time, they did not get a place in the cabinet.

Message from Nitish cabinet to Yadav and EBC?

Among other NDA allies, HAM (Secular) has again made Santosh Kumar Suman, son of former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, as its minister. The new faces include BJP MLA from Jamui and former shooting player Shreyasi Singh, Aurai MLA and Rama Nishad, daughter-in-law of former Union Minister Jai Narayan Nishad. These are being seen as steps to increase the party’s reach towards the EBC seafarers community.

Deepak Prakash, son of RLM chief Upendra Kushwaha, has also got a place in the cabinet, although he is not an MLA. It is expected that Deepak can be sent to the Legislative Council within six months. Senior BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav has also returned to the cabinet. He defeated RJD’s Ritlal Yadav from Danapur assembly seat.

Sanjay Kumar Singh and Sanjay Kumar from LJP (Ram Vilas) have been given ministerial posts. There are three women ministers in the cabinet, including JDU’s Lacey Singh and first-time ministers Shreyasi Singh and Rama Nishad. Jama Khan is the only Muslim minister. Political analysts say that the composition of the cabinet clearly reflects Nitish Kumar’s efforts to maintain social balance.

NDA’s caste equation

Of the total 27 members, eight are from upper caste, five from Dalit, one from Muslim and 13 from OBC/EBC categories. On party basis, BJP has got 14, JDU has got 8, LJP (Ram Vilas) has got 2, while HAM and RLM have got one ministerial post each. Former ministers Nitish Mishra, Jeevesh Mishra and Sanjay Saraogi have not got a place in the new cabinet. The maximum limit of the state cabinet is 36 members including the Chief Minister.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar on Thursday (November 20) thanked the people of the state for the “historic mandate” and credited women voters in particular for their “special participation”, but dodged questions related to his political debut.

His father took oath as Chief Minister for the record 10th time on Thursday (20 November). In a brief conversation with journalists including ‘PTI Video’ at the swearing-in ceremony held at Gandhi Maidan, Nishant said, “Salute and best wishes to the people of Bihar. I thank and congratulate from the bottom of my heart. The way people worked, the way women voted, their special participation is very important for Bihar.”

What did Nishant say on the question of coming into politics?

During this time, when he was asked when he would enter politics, Nishant smiled and left from there. Nishant has never contested any election and unlike the heirs of many political families, he has so far stayed away from public life. Nishant’s political debut was also discussed a lot in this election.

His father and Janata Dal United (JDU) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the 10th time. Nitish held the reins of Bihar for almost two decades and has created a special women vote bank.

BJP made a strong comeback in the elections

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), an alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), JDU, LJP (Ram Vilas) and two other parties, returned to power by winning 202 seats in the 243-member assembly.

BJP emerged as the largest party with 89 seats. After this, JDU got 85 seats, while LJP (Ram Vilas) got 19, Hindustani Awami Morcha got five and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLMO) got four seats.

Women voted enthusiastically

According to Election Commission data, women voted more than men. The voting percentage of women was more than 71 percent, while among men it was 62.9 percent. In seven districts, women voted 14 percentage points more and in 10 other districts this difference was more than 10 points. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders cited this as the reason for the alliance’s decisive advance.

Senior NDA officials attributed the “women mandate” to Nitish’s welfare rule. This included everything from the 2016 prohibition policy (which received widespread support from women affected by alcohol-induced domestic violence) to large-scale economic assistance schemes given before the elections.

The previous NDA government had given Rs 10,000 each to over 1.21 crore ‘Jeevika Didis’ to start micro businesses and had promised additional assistance of up to Rs 2 lakh for their ventures.

Benefit from ‘Jeevika Didi’ project

The government was running the World Bank-assisted project ‘JEEVIKA’ through an autonomous body, Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (BRLPS), which aims at social and economic empowerment of the rural poor. The women associated with this project are called ‘Jeevika Didi’.

In a state that often grapples with caste divisions, JDU leaders said women had emerged as a voter category that overcame many obstacles. They became the demographic group that reshaped the election results and strengthened the foundation for Nitish Kumar’s return to power.

With the swearing in of the new NDA government in Bihar, it has become clear which party has got the maximum number of ministerial posts in comparison to its seats. BJP and JD(U) are the largest parties in the NDA alliance which returned to power with 202 seats, but there seems to be an interesting balance between the two in the distribution of ministerial posts. Nitish Kumar took oath as Chief Minister for the 10th time, while BJP’s Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha became Deputy Chief Ministers.

How many seats does which party have?
NDA has a total of 202 seats in the new assembly, in which BJP is the largest party with 89 seats. On the other hand, JDU has 85 seats. Apart from these, LJP (Ram Vilas) has 19 seats, HAM has 5 and RLM has 4 seats.

NDA seat distribution in Bihar elections 2025
In the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, NDA had contested all 243 seats. In this alliance, BJP and JDU were given equal number of 101-101 seats. Apart from these, LJP (Ram Vilas) got 29 seats, HAM (HAM) got 6 seats and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) also got 6 seats.

How many ministerial posts have come to JDU’s account?
Talking about ministerial posts, JDU has got a total of nine posts including the Chief Minister. Apart from Nitish Kumar, JDU’s Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Vijendra Yadav, Shravan Kumar, Leshi Singh, Ashok Chaudhary, Madan Sahni, Sunil Kumar and Mohammad Jama Khan have been made ministers. JDU has been given a balanced and adequate representation as per its proportion of seats.

Most ministers from BJP quota?
BJP has got two Deputy Chief Ministers and apart from this, twelve more leaders have been made ministers. These include Mangal Pandey, Dilip Jaiswal, Nitin Naveen, Ramkripal Yadav, Sanjay Singh Tiger, Arun Shankar Prasad, Surendra Mehta, Narayan Prasad, Rama Nishad, Lakhendra Roshan, Shreyasi Singh and Pramod Kumar. In this way, BJP got a total of 14 ministerial posts, which is more than JDU in number, but considering BJP’s seat count (89), its minister per seat ratio is slightly less than JDU.

Even small parties are in trouble
LJP (Ram Vilas) has secured two ministerial posts despite only 19 seats, which is considered a strong bargain compared to its size. Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party HAM has five seats and has got one ministerial post, which is considered a good representation for a small party. Similarly, RLM has four seats and has also got a ministerial post.

Chief Ministers of many states including PM Modi were present at the swearing in.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda were present in the swearing-in. Apart from this, Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh, Rekha Gupta of Delhi, Naib Singh Saini of Haryana, Himanta Biswa Sarma of Assam and Nephew Rio of Nagaland were also present.

Nitish Kumar took oath as Chief Minister for the 10th time at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna. BJP had the highest number of ministers in the new government of Bihar. Whereas JDU got 9 posts including Chief Minister. BJP has paid special attention to Mandal and Kamandal in the distribution of ministerial posts. Nitish Kumar was made the CM while Vijay Kumar Sinha and Samrat Chaudhary were made the Deputy Chief Ministers.

This MLA became minister in Nitish government

The ministers who took oath included Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Vijendra Kumar Yadav, Shravan Kumar, Mangal Pandey, Dilip Jaiswal, Ashok Chaudhary, Leshi Singh, Madan Sahni, Nitin Nabin, Ramkripal Yadav, Santosh Kumar Suman, Sunil Kumar, Mohammad Jama Khan, Sanjay Singh Tiger, Arun Shankar Prasad, Surendra Mehta, Narayan Prasad, Rama Nishad, Lakhendra Kumar Roshan, Shreyasi Singh, Pramod Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Singh and Deepak Prakash was there. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan called the newly elected ministers one by one in groups of five to six members and administered the oath of office and secrecy.

BJP ministers and caste

• Vijay Sinha- ​​Bhumihar
• Samrat Chaudhary- Kushwaha
• Dilip Jaiswal-Vaishya
• Mangal Pandey- Brahmin
• Shreyasi Singh-Rajput
• Sanjay Tiger – Rajput
• Nitin Naveen- Kayastha
• Surendra Mehta – Dhanuk (Extremely Backward)
• Lakhendra Paswan- Paswan (SC)
• Arun Shankar Prasad- Sudi (OBC)
• Ram Kripal Yadav- Yadav
• Rama Nisha – Mallah (Extremely Backward)
• Narayan Shah- Tradesman
• Pramod Kumar Chandravanshi- Extremely Backward

In this election, BJP emerged as the largest party with 89 seats. After this, JDU got 85 seats, while LJP (Ram Vilas) got 19, Hindustani Awami Morcha (HAM) got 5 and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) got four seats. Three ministers were made from LJP (R), one from HAM and one from RLM.

PM Modi congratulated all the ministers

PM Modi posted on Instagram and said, “Hearty congratulations to all the colleagues who took oath as ministers in the Bihar government. This is a great team of dedicated leaders, who will take Bihar to new heights. My best wishes to all.” At the end of the ceremony, the Prime Minister in his familiar style raised the enthusiasm of the gathering by waving the towel in the air.

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Anant Singh, accused in the Dularchand Yadav murder case and powerful MLA from Mokama, Bihar, has received a big blow from the court. The civil court has rejected his bail plea. Now Anant Singh will challenge this in Patna High Court.

Anant Singh was arrested for the murder of Dularchand Yadav on October 30 during the campaign for Bihar Assembly elections. Since then Anant Singh is lodged in Beur jail.

Court rejected the bail plea of ​​Anant Singh

Anant Singh had filed his bail petition in the court while in jail. Anant Singh’s petition has been rejected by Patna Civil Court. Because of this Anant Singh will have to remain in jail for now. Anant Singh has suffered a major setback after the court order.

Anant Singh was accused of murder in Mokama during Bihar Assembly elections. Jansuraj Party supporter Dularchand Yadav was murdered in Mokama. Due to the allegations, Anant Singh was arrested by the police midway through the elections and sent to jail. Since then he is in jail.

Won the election while in jail

Anant Singh was a candidate from Mokama assembly constituency at the time of the murder. Went to jail mid-election. After this, party supporters and their family members campaigned. In the results of Bihar elections, Anant Singh won by a margin of more than 28 thousand votes.

RJD’s Veena Devi, who was contesting against him, could not succeed in winning this election. Despite these allegations, Anant Singh’s workers and supporters gave their full support. Due to which he won the election from Mokama Assembly.

After winning the elections while in jail, Anant Singh had approached the court. So that they can get relief. At present his petition has been rejected by the court. After this Anant Singh’s troubles have increased.

Upendra Kushwaha’s son Deepak Prakash has also got a place in Nitish Kumar’s new cabinet in Bihar. Deepak Prakash himself told that he was not ready for this. He had arrived in jeans, shirt and slippers. Shortly before the start of the ceremony, he was told that he had to take the oath of office as a minister. That’s why he was not even prepared.

Deepak Prakash was made a minister without becoming an MLA and without contesting elections. Nitish Kumar’s other 25 ministers arrived in traditional attire, but Deepak Prakash took oath wearing jeans and shirt only. Meanwhile, a big discussion also started that how will Deepak Prakash be made MLA?

JDU or BJP, who will sacrifice?

It is certain that Upendra Kushwaha’s son Deepak Prakash has to be sent to the Legislative Council, but the question arises how? According to the rules, it is necessary for him to become an MLA within 6 months of becoming a minister. In such a situation, from which party he will be made MLC is a matter of discussion. JDU or BJP…who will sacrifice his seat for Deepak Prakash?

The term of these MLAs is ending

The term of 6 MLAs of the Legislative Council is ending next year. The names of four of these are- Ashok Chaudhary-(JDU), Sanjay Singh-(JDU), Nivedita Singh (BJP), Rajendra Gupta (BJP). Political experts believe that it is not easy for Deepak Prakash to ask for JDU quota seat from Nitish Kumar, hence it is possible that BJP may give a seat from its quota to the RLM leader.

What did Deepak Prakash say after becoming minister?

Deepak Prakash spoke to the media after taking oath and said, “Thanks to Upendra Kushwaha and the party workers for the opportunity given to him. I am very overwhelmed with the opportunity to work under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. I have got the opportunity to serve the public, I am now realizing the responsibility that has fallen on my shoulders. I am determined to fulfill that responsibility.”