Patna, Nov. 20 -- Soon after Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha on Thursday took oaths as Bihar Cabinet Ministers.

Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath in a grand ceremony at Gandhi Maidan in Patna in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other NDA leaders.

A total of 25 leaders, apart from Nitish Kumar, took oath as part of the new NDA-led Bihar Cabinet.

Among them were Samrat Choudhary (BJP), Vijay Kumar Sinha (BJP), Vijay Kumar Choudhary (JD-U), Bijendra Prasad Yadav (JD-U), Shravan Kumar (JD-U), Mangal Pandey (BJP), Dilip Kumar Jaiswal (BJP) and Ashok Choudhary (JD-U).

Others who joined the Cabinet include Lesi Singh (J...