Bihar ministers take oath

Nitish Kumar, who led the NDA to a thumping victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, was sworn in as chief minister for a second consecutive term in a function at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on November 26, 2010.

Bihar Governor Debanand Konwar administered the oath of office and secrecy to 29 ministers.

Sushil Kumar Modi of BJP was sworn in as a cabinet minister. He will be the deputy chief minister. Eighteen MLAs from JD(U) and 11 from BJP took oath as ministers.

Bihar Governor Devanand Konwar administered the oath of office and secrecy to all the ministers.

BJP national president Nitin Gadkari, senior BJP leaders L K Advani, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Rajnath Singh, Anant Kumar and Shatrughan Sinha attended the function. JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav, former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra and several members from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha from Bihar were present in the function.

Ministers and portfolios

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar: Home, General Administration, Election, Vigilance and rest of the departments.

Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi : Finance, Commercial Taxes and Forest and Environment.

Vijay Kumar Chowdhury: Water Resources department.

Bijendra Prasad Yadav: Minister for Energy with the additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs, Excise and Prohibition and Registration departments.

Nand Kishore Yadav: Minister for Road Construction.

Narendra Singh: Agriculture.

Brishen Patel: Minister for Information and Public relation and Transport.

Ramai Ram: Minister for Revenue and Land Reform department.

Chandra Mohan Rai: PHED.

Ashwini Kumar Chowbey: Health.

Prem Kumar: Urban Development and Housing.

Janardan Singh Sigriwal: Labour Resources.

Giriraj Singh: Animal and Fishery resources.

Satyadeo Narayan Arya: Mine and Geology.

Ramadhar Singh: Co-operative.

Sukhda Pandey: Youth, Art and Culture.

Sunil Kumar alias Pintoo: Tourism department.

Hari Prasad Sah: Panchayati Raj.

Bhim Singh: Rural Work.

Renu Kumari: Industry and Disaster Management.

Jitan Ram Manjhi: Scheduled Caste and Tribal Welfare.

Damodar Rout: Building Construction and Law.

Narendra Narayan Yadav: Planning and Development.

Prashant Kumar Sahi: Human Resource development.

Shahid Ali Khan: Minority Welfare with additional charge of Information Technology.

Shyam Rajak: Food and Consumer Protection.

Parveen Amanullah: Social Welfare.

Nitish Mishra: Rural development.

Awdesh Prasad Kushwaha: Sugarcane Industry and Minor Irrigation.

Goutam Singh: Science and Technology.

Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui