A day after taking oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the tenth time, Nitish Kumar on Friday allocated cabinet portfolios, handing over the Home Department to ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

For the first time since assuming office in 2005, Nitish Kumar will not handle the Home portfolio. Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary has been entrusted with the responsibility. Kumar has retained the General Administration Department (GAD), Cabinet Secretariat, Vigilance, Election, and other departments not allocated to any minister.

Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha will oversee the Land and Revenue departments along with Geology and Mines. BJP MLA Mangal Pandey has retained Health and will also head the Law Department. Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal has been assigne

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