# Marandi ministry

This is a list of minister from Babulal Marandi cabinets starting from 15 November 2000 – 18 March 2003. Babulal Marandi is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Jharkhand on 15 November 2000. This is the first Council of Ministers in Jharkhand.

## Ministers

| SI No. | Name | Constituency | Department | Party |
| 1. | Babulal Marandi Chief Minister | Ramgarh | Jharkhand Cabinet Secretariat and Coordination, Information and Public Relations, Home Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms and Official Language, Civil Aviation, Planning Development, Institutional Finance and Program Implementation, Registration, Information Technology, Cooperation, Assistance and Rehabilitation, Medical, Education and all those departments, which is not allotted to anyone | BJP |
| 2. | Lalchand Mahto | Dumri | Department of Energy | JDU |
| 3. | Samresh Singh | Bokaro | Department of Science and Technology | Independent |
| 4. | Yamuna Singh | Manika | Department of Forest and Environment | BJP |
| 5. | Deo Dayal | Hazaribagh | Department of Agriculture | BJP |
| 6. | Mrigendra Pratap Singh | Jamshedpur West | Department of Commercial Taxes and National Savings | BJP |
| 7. | Ramji Lal Sarda | Hatia | Department of Law | BJP |
| 8. | Devidhan Besra | Maheshpur | Department of Food Supply, Commerce, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry | BJP |
| 9. | Raghubar Das | Jamshedpur East | Department of Labour, Employment and Training | BJP |
| 10. | Arjun Munda | Kharsawan | Department of Welfare (including Minority Welfare) | BJP |
| 11. | Pashupati Nath Singh | Dhanbad | Department of Industry | BJP |
| 12. | Sadhanu Bhagat | Lohardaga | Department of Building Construction and Transport | BJP |
| 13. | Joba Majhi | Manoharpur | Department of Tourism, Women and Child Welfare and Housing | UGDP |
| 14. | Madhu Singh | Panki | Department of Revenue and Land Reforms | SP |
| 15. | Ramchandra Keshri | Bhawanathpur | Department of Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs | SP |
| 16. | Chandra Mohan Prasad | Giridih | Department of Human Resources | BJP |
| 17. | Pradeep Yadav | Poreyahat | Department of Rural Development | BJP |
| 18. | Ravindra Kumar Ray | Dhanwar | Department of Mines and Geology | BJP |
| 19. | Baidyanath Ram | Latehar | Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Youth Affairs | BJP |
| 20. | Ramesh Singh Munda | Tamar | Department of Excise and Prohibition | SP |
| 21. | Bacha Singh | Jharia | Department of Urban Development | SP |
| 22. | Sudarshan Bhagat | Gumla | Department of Human Resources (Minister of State) | BJP |
| 23. | Jaleshwar Mahato | Baghmara | Department of Public Health and Engineering | SP |
| 24. | Nilkanth Singh Munda | Khunti | Department of Road Construction (Minister of State) | BJP |
| 25. | Madhu Koda | Jagannathpur | Department of Rural Engineering Organization | BJP |
| 26. | Dinesh Sarangi | Baharagora | Department of Health and Family Welfare | BJP |

## Ministers by Party

Representation of cabinet ministers by party
| Party | Cabinet Ministers | Total Ministers |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 18 | 18 |
| Samata Party | 5 | 5 |
| United Goans Democratic Party | 1 | 1 |
| Janata Dal (United) | 1 | 1 |
| Independent politician | 1 | 1 |