Patna, Feb. 28 -- Portfolios were allocated to all the seven new ministers in Bihar on Thursday and many other members of the state cabinet, including a deputy chief minister, also got fresh responsibilities.
All but one of the ministers getting new responsibilities belong to BJP, the alliance partner of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The BJP has 21 members in the state's 36-strong cabinet upon expansion on Wednesday.
According to a notification of the cabinet secretariat department, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha has been stripped of the crucial road construction department, which has now gone to Nitin Nabin, who would hand over the law department to Mangal Pandey. Sinha retains mines and geology, besides getting the additional c...