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Chirag Paswan to Lalan Singh, who gets what from Bihar in Modi 3.0 cabinet
Four MPs from Bihar have also been inducted in Modi 3.0 cabinet as minister of state
In Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government four MPs from Bihar have got cabinet berths, out of which only one is from BJP while three are from the allies, one each from JDU, LJP-Ram Vilas and HAM.
Janata Dal (United) former national president Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, who won the Lok Sabha (LS) polls from Munger, has got Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Ministries.
LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan has been allocated the Food Processing Industries Ministry. Chirag’s party won all the five seats that it contested as part of the NDA alliance in Bihar. Chirag won from the Hajipur seat that his father, Ram Vilas Paswan, had won on several occasions. He has now succeeded his father in the Union Cabinet.
Bihar’s former chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi has been appointed Cabinet minister for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME). Manjhi is a Lok Sabha MP from Gaya. As part of the NDA his party contested only Gaya seat. the only seat his party contested, had served as Bihar chief minister from May 2014 to February 2015.
Other minister from Bihar who have got cabinet berth in Modi 3.0 government is BJP leader Giriraj Singh. Singh, who retained Begusarai seat in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, has been allocated Ministry of Textiles.
Four MPs from Bihar have also been inducted in Modi 3.0 cabinet as minister of state or junior ministers. JDU’s Ram Nath Thakur has been made Minister of State in the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry, while BJP’s Nityanand Rai was given the post of MoS, Home again. Satish Chandra Dubey has been made Minister of State for Coal and Mines, and Raj Bhushan Chaudhary is the Minister of State in the Jal Shakti Ministry.
List of Ministers from Bihar in Modi 3.0 Cabinet
- Lalan Singh (JDU) – Minister of Panchayati Raj; Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
- Chirag Paswan (LJP- Ram Vilas) – Minister of Food Processing Industries
- Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM) – Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
- Ram Nath Thakur (JDU) – Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Giriraj Singh (BJP) – Minister of Textiles
- Nityanand Rai (BJP) – Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
- Satish Chandra Dubey (BJP) – Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary (BJP) – Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
Here is the full list of portfolios of council of ministers in Modi 3.0 government
CABINET MINISTERS
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation. |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 4. | Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5. | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development. |
| 6. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 7. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 8. | Shri Manohar Lal | Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power. |
| 9. | Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy | Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel. |
| 10. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 11. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education. |
| 12. | Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 13. | Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh | Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 14. | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 15. | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 16. | Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | Minister of Civil Aviation. |
| 17. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 18. | Shri Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 19. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Textiles. |
| 20. | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 21. | Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 22. | Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 23. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism. |
| 24. | Smt. Annpurna Devi | Minister of Women and Child Development |
| 25. | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 26. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 27. | Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 28. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. |
| 29. | Shri Chirag Paswan | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 30. | Shri C R Patil | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
| 1. | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture. |
| 2. | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space. |
| 3. | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 4. | Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 5. | Shri Jayant Chaudhary | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education. |
MINISTERS OF STATE
| 1. | Shri Jitin Prasada | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 2. | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 3. | Shri Pankaj Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
| 4. | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation. |
| 5. | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6. | Shri Ram Nath Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 7. | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8. | Smt. Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 9. | Shri V. Somanna | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 10. | Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications. |
| 11. | Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. |
| 12. | Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| 13. | Shri Kirtivardhan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
| 14. | Shri B. L. Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 15. | Shri Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 16. | Shri Suresh Gopi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 17. | Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 18. | Shri Ajay Tamta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 19. | Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Kamlesh Paswan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 21. | Shri Bhagirath Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 22. | Shri Satish Chandra Dubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines. |
| 23. | Shri Sanjay Seth | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 24. | Shri Ravneet Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 25. | Shri Durgadas Uikey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 26. | Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse | Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 27. | Shri Sukanta Majumdar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 28. | Smt. Savitri Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
| 29. | Shri Tokhan Sahu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. |
| 30. | Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. |
| 31. | Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 32. | Shri Harsh Malhotra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 33. | Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 34. | Shri Murlidhar Mohol | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
| 35. | Shri George Kurian | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 36. | Shri Pabitra Margherita | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
