Overview
- An official notification assigns the Home Department to deputy CM Samrat Choudhary after roughly two decades under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while JD(U)’s Bijendra Prasad Yadav gets Finance and Commercial Taxes.
- Control of Bihar’s policing—from DGP to DSP—now reports to Choudhary; Nitish Kumar retains general administration, cabinet secretariat and vigilance.
- Commentary across outlets frames the allocation as strengthening BJP’s leverage inside the NDA government and elevating Choudhary’s stature over co-deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha.
- Media and political analysts say the change is expected to bring tougher law-and-order measures and a harder line on illegal migration, with closer coordination with central agencies such as IB and NIA.
- Opposition parties, including the RJD, criticized the shift as reducing Nitish Kumar’s direct control, while JD(U) leaders described it as a routine exchange of key portfolios.