The chief minister has kept the general administration department, Cabinet secretariat and vigilance portfolios with himself.

xNew Delhi: The newly elected Bihar government on Friday issued a notification regarding the allocation of portfolios to its ministers, who had taken oath a day before. Interestingly, for the first time in almost 20 years, the home portfolio has been allotted to the BJP. The portfolio, which the chief minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar had kept with him, is now given to his deputy and BJP leader Samrat Chowdhury. Another deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha has been given the revenue and land reforms and mines & geology departments.

The chief minister has kept the general administration department, Cabinet secretariat and vigilance portfolios with himself.

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