Bihar Government: NDA's 'Six MLAs Per Minister' Formula For Nitish Cabinet, Reports

Patna: After their historic victory in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has come up with a cabinet formula for the formation of government in the state. According to the sources, each party of the alliance would be given one ministerial berth for every six MLAs in the Nitish Kumar cabinet.

What was decided in the senior ministers meeting?

The report came after the Janata Dal United (JDU) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha and other senior leaders, conducted a meeting with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday evening in Delhi.

How the division of ministerial berths will take place?

If everything goes well, according to this formula, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to get 15 or 16 ministerial berths, while JDU 14. On the other hand, Union Minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is likely to get three ministerial berths.

Meanwhile, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) are expected to get one berth each. 

It is to be noted here that the NDA marked the two-phased assembly elections, by winning 202 seats in the 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly. In tis election, BJP after securing 89 seats, emerged as the single largest party, while Nitish Kumar's JDU obtained 85 seats. On the other hand the LJP-RV secured 19 seats, and HAM(S) won five while RLM secured four seats.