Mithilesh Tiwari and Sanjay Singh Tiger Entrusted with Bihar’s Education Portfolio
Patna: The newly formed Bihar government under Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary officially took charge on Thursday, with ministers assuming responsibilities of their respective departments. One of the most significant developments in the new cabinet is that the Education Department has not gone to the JD(U) this time. Both the Education and Higher Education portfolios have been allocated to BJP leaders.
Mithilesh Tiwari has been appointed as the Education Minister, while Sanjay Singh Tiger will handle the Higher Education and Law departments. Vijay Kumar Sinha has been given charge of the Agriculture Ministry.
The grand swearing-in ceremony held at Gandhi Maidan in Patna drew major political attention. A key highlight of the event was the oath-taking of Nishant Singh, son of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Earlier, there had been speculation about him becoming Deputy Chief Minister, but he has now been assigned the Health Ministry.
The new Bihar cabinet has now taken full shape under the leadership of Samrat Choudhary. A total of 32 ministers took oath at Gandhi Maidan. The cabinet includes ministers from BJP, JD(U), LJP (Ram Vilas), HAM, and RLM quotas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also arrived in Patna to attend the swearing-in ceremony. He received a grand welcome, and a roadshow was organized from the airport to Gandhi Maidan.
Key Ministers and Portfolios
- Samrat Choudhary – General Administration, Home, Cabinet Secretariat, Vigilance, Election, Civil Aviation, and unallocated departments
- Vijay Kumar Choudhary – Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs
- Bijendra Prasad Yadav – Finance and Commercial Taxes
- Shravan Kumar – Rural Development and Information & Public Relations
- Vijay Kumar Sinha – Agriculture
- Dilip Kumar Jaiswal – Revenue and Land Reforms
- Nishant Singh – Health
- Leshi Singh – Building Construction
- Ram Kripal Yadav – Cooperative Department
- Nitish Mishra – Urban Development, Housing and Information Technology
- Damodar Rawat – Transport
- Sanjay Singh Tiger – Higher Education and Law
- Ashok Choudhary – Food and Consumer Protection
- Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha – Planning and Development
- Arun Shankar Prasad – Labour Resources and Youth Employment
- Madan Sahni – Prohibition, Excise and Registration
- Santosh Kumar Suman – Minor Water Resources
- Rama Nishad – Backward and Extremely Backward Class Welfare
- Ratnesh Sada – Disaster Management
- Kumar Shailendra – Road Construction
- Sheela Kumari – Science, Technology and Technical Education
- Kedar Prasad Gupta – Tourism
- Lakhendra Kumar Roshan – SC/ST Welfare
- Sunil Kumar – Rural Works Department
- Shreyasi Singh – Industries and Sports
- Jama Khan – Minority Welfare
- Nandkishore Ram – Dairy and Fisheries
- Bulo Mandal – Energy
- Pramod Kumar – Mines & Geology, Art and Culture
- Sweta Gupta – Social Welfare
- Mithilesh Tiwari – Education
- Ramchandra Prasad – Environment and Forest
- Sanjay Singh – Public Health Engineering
- Sanjay Kumar – Sugarcane Industry
- Deepak Prakash – Panchayati Raj
The new cabinet reflects a blend of experienced leadership and fresh political faces, with a strong focus on governance, education, infrastructure, agriculture, and youth empowerment.
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