Nitish keeps Home, Personnel, Modi gets Finance

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tonight allocated portfolios to the ministers retaining Home, General Administration, Election, Vigilance and rest of the departments and giving his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi the charge of Finance

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday allocated portfolios to the ministers retaining Home, General Administration, Election, Vigilance and rest of the departments and giving his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi the charge of Finance.

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Modi would hold the portfolios of Finance, Commercial Taxes and Forest and Enviornment also.

JD(U) Minister Vijay Kumar Chowdhury would hold charge of Water Resources department, while Bijendra Prasad Yadav would be the Minister for Energy with the additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs, Excise and Prohibition and Registration departments.

Nand Kishore Yadav of BJP would be the Minister for Road Construction, according to an official notification issued on Friday.