New Delhi: The RJD received a lion's share in ministerial berths as the new Bihar Cabinet took oath on Tuesday. The RJD which is the largest party in the state Assembly received 16 posts while CM Nitish Kumar's JD(U) secured 11 berths.

The Congress managed to secure only two posts followed by the Hindustani Awam Morcha which got one berth. CM Nitish Kumar retained the home ministry while his deputy Tejashwi Yadav was allocated the health ministry. Yadav's brother and RJD leader Tej Pratap became the minister of environment, forest, and climate change.

Here's the party-wise list of MLAs who took oath as ministers

        RJD

• Tej Pratap Yadav
• Alok Mehta
• Surendra Prasad Yadav
• Ramanand Yadav
• Kumar Sarvajeet
• Lalit Yadav
• Samir Kumar Mahaseth
• Chandrashekhar
• Jitendra Kumar Rai
• Anita Devi
• Sudhakar Singh
• Md Israil Mansuri
• Surendra Ram
• Kartikeya Singh
• Shahnawaz Alam
• Shamim Ahmed

       JD(U) 

• Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
• Bijendra Yadav
• Shravan Kumar
• Ashok Choudhary
• Leshi Singh
• Sanjay Jha
• Madan Sahni
• Sheela Kumari
• Sunil Kumar
• Mohd Zama Khan
• Jayant Raj

      Congress

•  Murari Prasad Gautam
• Afaque Alam

      HAM

• Santosh Kumar Suman

The state Cabinet can have up to 36 ministers, including the chief minister. CM Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav were sworn in on 10 August. The developments come days after JD(U) broke its alliance with the BJP to form a government with RJD.