Nitish Kumar’s Son Nishant Among 32 Take Oath As Minister In Bihar's Cabinet Expansion
· Free Press Journal
Patna: Former Bihar chief minister and JD (U) president Nitish Kumar`s son, Nishant Kumar, was among 32 leaders from the NDA who took oath as ministers.
As many as 15 leaders from BJP, 13 from JD (U), 2 from LJP (RV) and one each from HAM and RLM were sworn-in as ministers. The swearing-in ceremony, held at historic Gandhi Maidan, was graced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister J P Nadda, Nitish Kumar, BJP national president Nitin Nabin and a number of other senior leaders.
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आज मैं मंत्री पद की शपथ लेने जा रहा हूं।
— Nishant Kumar - निशांत कुमार (@Nishantjdu) May 7, 2026
शपथ ग्रहण से पहले मैंने अपने आवास पर पिताजी, बिहार के लोकप्रिय पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री श्री नीतीश कुमार जी का आशीर्वाद लिया। पिताजी ने मुझे नए दायित्व के लिए शुभकामनाएं दी।
पिताजी का आशीर्वाद और बिहार की जनता का स्नेह ही मेरा संबल है।… pic.twitter.com/0STQm5XC5m
Nishant, who was earlier reluctant to join the cabinet but gave his consent after a host of senior JD (U) leaders like Sanjay Kumar Jha, union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh and deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary persuaded him to reconsider his decision.
Earlier, there was speculation that Nishant might assume the role of the deputy chief minister of Bihar. He, however, refused to accept it.
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— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2026
BJP's Samrat Choudhary became the Bihar chief minister after Nitish Kumar moved to Rajya Sabha and stepped down from the CM post.
On April 15, Samrat had taken oath as CM while JD (U) Vijay Chaudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav were sworn-in as deputy chief ministers.
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Among those who took oath as ministers were Vijay Kumar Sinha, Shrawon Kumar, Nishant Kumar, Dilip Jaiswal, Leshi Singh, Ram Kripal Yadav, Nitish Mishra, Damodar Rawat, Sanjay Singh ‘Tiger’, Ashok Chaudhary, Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha, Arun Shankar Prasad, Madan Sahni, Santosh Kumar Suman, Rama Nishad, Ratnesh Sada, Kumar Shailendra, Sheila Kumari, Kedar Prasad Gupta, Lakhendra Kumar Roshan, Sunil Kumar, Shreyashi Singh, Mohd Zama Khan, Nandkishor Ram, Sailesh Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Shweta Gupta, Mithilesh Tiwari, Ramchandra Prasad, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar, and Deepak Prakash.
Governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) administered the oath of office to the ministers.