Patna: A day after taking oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the 10th time, Nitish Kumar allocated portfolios to the 26 Ministers in his new Cabinet.

The Council of Ministers includes representatives from the Janata Dal-United, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Hindustani Awam Morcha, Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas, and the Rashtriya Lok Morcha.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has retained the General Administration, Election Monitoring, and several other important departments.

In a major shift, the crucial Home Department, previously held by Nitish Kumar, has been given to Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary.

With this change, policing and law-and-order responsibilities now fall directly under Deputy CM Choudhary.

He had earlier handled the Finance and Commercial Tax departments.

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