Patna: Nitish Kumar took the oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for the tenth time, after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a sweeping victory in the state assembly elections. The ceremony, held at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on 20 November 2025, was attended by a host of senior leaders from across the NDA.
The victory gave the coalition 202 of the 243 seats in the assembly, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming 89 seats and the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) 85.
BJP’s Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha took oath as Bihar Deputy CMs.
MLAs from the BJP, JD(U), RLJP, and HAM took oath as ministers in the new Bihar government. The portfolios will be allocated to the ministers later
Here’s who took oath as Cabinet ministers:
1.Vijay Kumar Chaudhary JDU
2.Vijendra Kumar Yadav JDU
3.Shravan Kumar JDU
4.Mangal Pandey BJP
5.Dilip Kumar Jaiswal BJP
6.Leshi Singh JDU
7.Ashok Chaudhary JDU
8.Madan Sahni JDU
9.Nitin Nabin BJP
10.Ram Kripal Yadav BJP
11.Santosh Kumar Suman HAM
12.Sunil Kumar JDU
13.Mohd Zama Khan JDU
14.Sanjay Singh Tiger BJP
15.Arun Shankar Prasad BJP
16.Surendra Mehta BJP
17.Narayan Prasad BJP
18.Rama Nishad BJP
19.Lakhendra Kumar Raushan BJP
20.Shreyashi Singh BJP
21.Pramod Kumar BJP
22.Sanjay Kumar LJP(RV)
23.Sanjay Kumar Singh LJP(RV)
24.Deepak Prakash RLM