JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar has been sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar on Wednesday. Governor Phagu Chauhan administered the oath of secrecy to.Kumar. RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav also took oath as Deputy Chief Minister.
Nitish Kumar took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time while Tejaswi Yadav as Deputy Chief Minister for the second time. Nitish Kumar is taking oath as CM a day after he resigned from the post after walking out of the National Democratic Alliance. Governor Phagu Chauhan administered the oath to Nitish Kumar. According to reports, more ministers will be inducted into the cabinet at a later stage.
Moments after taking oath as the Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar took a veiled attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and stated the BJP-led NDA regime at the Centre needs to “worry” about its prospects in the 2024 general elections. “Those who came to power in 2014, will they be victorious in 2024? I would like all (opposition) to be united for 2024,” Nitish told reporters.
Leaders of the BJP, which is the second largest party in the assembly with 77 MLAs, remained absent at the swearing in ceremony. Earlier, senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi had claimed that the party, with which Kumar broke his alliance the previous day, had received “no invitation”. Nitish ended his alliance with the BJP on Tuesday, resigned as the coalition Chief Minister, only to stake claim again hours later.
Five years after he resigned as chief minister and walked out of the RJD-JD-U-Congress Mahagathbandhan after Tejashwi refused to step down in the wake of an alleged corruption case, Kumar on Tuesday dumped the BJP and NDA and returned to the Mahagathbandhan.
