Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves a ‘gamcha’ during the swearing-in ceremony of NDA government, at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, newly sworn-in state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, state Ministers Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Sinha and others also seen..
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New Delhi: Ten of the 26 members in the Nitish Kumar cabinet in Bihar belong to political families.
The ministers from political families include Samrat Chaudhary, Santosh Sumit Manjhi and Deepak Prakash.
RJD on Thursday evening posted the list of ten ministers in the Nitish Cabinet, suggesting that they were from political families.
The list of ministers from political families are -
Santosh Sumit Manjhi
Son of Union Minister and former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi, son-in-law of MLA Jyoti Manjhi and husband of MLA Deepa Manjhi
Samrat Chaudhary
Son of former Minister Shakuni Chaudhary and former MLA Parvati Devi
Deepak Prakash
Son of Rajya Sabha MP and former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha and MLA Snehlata
Shreyasi Singh
Daughter of former Union Minister Digvijay Singh and former MP Putul Kumari
Rama Nishad
Daughter-in-law of former Union Minister Captain Jai Narayan Nishad and wife of former MP Ajay Nishad
Vijay Chaudhary
Son of former MLA Jagdish Prasad Chaudhary
Ashok Chaudhary
Son of former Minister Mahavir Chaudhary and father of MP Shambhavi Chaudhary.
Nitin Nabin
Son of former MLA Naveen Kishor Sinha
Sunil Kumar
Former Minister Chandrika Ram and brother of former MLA Anil Kumar
Leshi Singh
Wife of former Samata Party District President Bhutan Singh
The RJD post also appeared to mock the ministers in an 'X' post claiming that they were taking an oath, "I take a vow by God that, with the special affection and blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji and Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar Ji, who are staunch opponents of dynastic politics, I will eradicate family rule from Bihar's politics and build a new Bihar."