Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record ninth time on January 28. He was administered the oath of office by Governor Rajendra Arlekar at the Raj Bhavan in Patna.
JD(U) President Nitish Kumar Takes Oath As Bihar CM
Along with Nitish Kumar, a total of eight leaders took oath as cabinet ministers in the new BJP-JD(U) government.
Three leaders from BJP namely Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Prem Kumar; three from JDU namely Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Shrawon Kumar; and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) president Santosh Kumar Suman and independent MLA Sumit Kumar Singh took oath as ministers on January 28.
Nitish Kumar was at the first place had taken the initiative to bring all the opposition parties together to take on BJP in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.