‘Not a big deal’: JDU’s Ashok Choudhary on Samrat Choudhary getting Bihar Home portfolio

CM Nitish Kumar held the Bihar Home department for 20 years. Now, BJP's Samrat Choudhary has been put in charge of the department.

Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary Samrat Choudhary

Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary. (File)

Reacting to the Home portfolio being allotted to Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary said that it is “not a big deal” that responsibility is given to a young leader.

“Not a big deal; responsibility given to a young leader now,” he told to PTI.

“Koi badi baat nahi hai. Naye nawjawan chehre ko jimewaari diya hai. Effectively kaam karenge Samrat ji, nawjawan hai, young hai, unke tazurbe se fayda milega Bihar ko. (It is not a big deal that responsibility is being given to a young leader. He will work effectively and his experience will benefit Bihar)”

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Bihar’s newly elected Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who took oath for a record tenth term on Friday, finalised the portfolio distribution for all 26 ministers in the new NDA government. After 20 years, Kumar, who has been handling the Home portfolio since 2005, handed it over to BJP’s Samrat Choudhary.

Deputy Vijay Sinha will head Mines and Geology Ministry, while all-important Finance portfolio has been given to senior JD(U) leader Bijendra Prasad Yadav.

The BJP, which holds the largest share in the new cabinet, has secured several key ministries, including Disaster Management (Narayan Prasad), Agriculture (Ram Kripal Yadav), Industries (Dilip Jaiswal), Backward Classes Welfare (Rama Nishad), and Labour (Sanjay Singh Tiger).

The list came a day after Nitish Kumar took oath for a record tenth term. MLAs from the BJP, JD(U), RLJP, and HAM also took oath as ministers in the new Bihar government. The BJP got 14 ministerial berths, JD(U) got 9, LJP(Ram Vilas) got 2 berths, and the HAM and RLM got 1 berth each.

NDA’s sweeping victory

The BJP-led NDA secured a thumping win in the Bihar Assembly elections 2025 as the alliance bagged 202 seats in elections. In the 243-member Bihar Assembly, the BJP emerged as the single-largest party, winning 89 seats. Its ally JD(U), led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, won 85 seats while LJP(RV) bagged 19.

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The HAM(S) won five seats, while the Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four seats.

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