After the cabinet expansion in Bihar, the portfolios of ministers in Nitish cabinet have been divided. Sunil Kumar has been made the new Education Minister of Bihar. As soon as the name of the Education Minister came out, a discussion has started among the people in Bihar as to who is Sunil Kumar, to whom CM Nitish Kumar has handed over the command of the Education Department.
Sunil Kumar is JDU MLA and has won from Bhore seat of Gopalganj. Sunil Kumar became MLA for the first time by winning the assembly elections 2020. Let us tell you that before entering politics, Sunil Kumar retired from the post of DG in Bihar. Sunil Kumar has been an IPS officer. Sunil Kumar was a 1987 batch IPS officer. He retired from service in the year 2020 itself. He took membership of the party in the presence of JDU leader Lalan Singh in Patna.
JDU minister Sunil Kumar has a long association with politics. Sunil Kumar’s father late Chandrika Ram held the post of minister in Bihar government. Sunil Kumar’s elder brother Anil Kumar has also become MLA by winning from Bhore seat. He won the election by taking ticket from Congress.
When Sunil Kumar won the assembly elections for the first time, Nitish Kumar handed him the reins of the ministry. Sunil Kumar was made the minister of Prohibition and Registration Department in Nitish government. Even when there was a political upheaval in Bihar and the Grand Alliance government was formed in the state, Sunil Kumar still had the prohibition department. After the formation of the new NDA government in the state, when he was made a minister for the third time, this time he has been given the responsibility of the education department.