Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar
Op IndiaAfter a closely fought Legislative Assembly elections in the state Janata Dal chief, Nitish Kumar has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth straight term on November 16. While BJP top brass including HM Amit Shah, party president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the party’s state in-charge Bhupendra Yadav, election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis, Union minister Nityanand Rai and state party chief Sanjay Jaiswal attended the oath-taking ceremony, RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav skipped the ceremony held at Patna today. Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav will not attend the oath-taking ceremony of Bihar CM designate Nitish Kumar to be held in Patna today. NDA Government led by Nitish Kumar retains power in Bihar In a tightly fought recently-concluded election in Bihar, the ruling National Democratic Alliance in Bihar, comprising BJP and Janata Dal, retained power in the state by securing a simple majority of 125 seats in the 243-member state Assembly.