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.

Nishikant dubey on asaduddin owaisi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and MP Nishikant Dubey has given a big statement about AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in an interview given to a YouTube channel. He said that Owaisi is his old friend, but the ideologies of both are completely different, such as two banks of the river, which can never be found.

Unity from Owaisi on national security, differences on other issues
Nishikant Dubey said that “Owaisi and my ideologies are different, but we are united on issues like national security, fear, hunger, poverty and corruption. Owaisi is more aggressive than me on these subjects.” He clarified that both the views on matters like internal issues, especially Waqf Board are completely opposite. While Owaisi advocates for giving special rights to the Muslim community, Dubey calls himself a pouring opponent.

Reaction to ‘Jai Palestine’ slogan

In the interview, when he was asked that Owaisi gave the slogan of ‘Jai Palestine, Jai Bhima’ during the swearing -in and now he has changed his perception towards Owaisi? On this, Dubey said that it was unfair during the oath to say “Jai Palestine”, he should not have said so. However, he also added that the Government of India recognizes ‘Two Nation Theory’ since 1948, in which both Israel and Palestine are different countries. He made it clear that India is opposed to Hamas, not Palestine.

Friendship continues despite political differences

Nishikant Dubey said that his friendship with Owaisi is already and still persists, but there is a big difference in ideology. He said that “The difference is that Owaisi does Pro-Muslim politics and the aggression in it is uncomfortable many times.” He further said that he and Owaisi can never agree on issues like internal affairs like Waqf Board or Muslim Reservation.

Both leaders stayed together in foreign tour

During the interview, when he was asked that he and Owaisi were together in a foreign delegation recently, what is the relationship? To this, Dubey replied, “I already said, both of us are completely unanimous on issues like national security. Owaisi is more vocal than me there. We both stand together on such issues.”