Bihar cabinet expansion: Check the list of ministers here

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet Tuesday - days after the Janata Dal (United) boss took oath as chief minister for an eighth time. He was joined by Rashtriya Janata Dal leader (and former rival) Tejashwi Yadav, who became his deputy. The Bihar cabinet has room for 36 ministers (based on the assembly strength of 243) and 31 were sworn in today. Of these, over half were from the RJD, with 11 from Nitish Kumar's JDU, two from the Congress and one from the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. The 31st cabinet member is an independent lawmaker. The BJP-JDU Bihar government collapsed this month after Nitish Kumar walked out of the allianc.