India, May 7 -- 32 ministers including Janata Dal United (JDU) convenor Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar, were inducted into the Bihar cabinet led by chief minister Samrat Choudhary.

15 ministers were inducted from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 13 from the JD-U, two from the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP-RV) and one each from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) HAM-S and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM).

Lt Gen (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain administered the oath of office to the ministers, which brings the Samrat cabinet's strength to 35. The portfolio allocation will take place later.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP president Nitin Nabin, former CM and Rajya Sabha member Niti...