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Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar CM; Tejashwi Yadav to be his Deputy Chief Minister

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time. The oath ceremony was held at the Patna Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. After a huge political turmoil in the state, Kumar broke the alliance of BJP-JDU on Tuesday. Later Kumar announced to form of a new […]

Nitish Kumar
Nitish Kumar

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time. The oath ceremony was held at the Patna Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.

After a huge political turmoil in the state, Kumar broke the alliance of BJP-JDU on Tuesday. Later Kumar announced to form of a new “Grand Alliance”. This “Grand Alliance” included Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal and other Opposition parties.

The swearing-in ceremony was attended by RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, his wife Rajshri, former CM Rabri Devi, and RJP leader Tej Pratap Yadav.

“Seven parties including 164 MLAs along with independent MLA in our Mahagathbandhan,” Nitish Kumar said at a joint presser with RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav.

Meanwhile, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav also took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state.

However, on Tuesday Nitish Kumar submitted his letter of resignation as chief minister to Governor Phagu Chauhan at Raj Bhavan.

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