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- Published: November 16, 2020 09:46
New Delhi: Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar today took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for fourth straight term after closely-fought legislative assembly elections in the state.
Notably, it is the seventh time when Nitish Kumar is being sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda attended the oath-taking ceremony of JD(U) chief as the new Chief Minister of the state. BJP’s Bihar in-charge Devendra Fadnavis also participated in the event.
Nitish Kumar’s new deputies – BJP’s Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi were also sworn in today.
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Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Mangal Pandey and Amarendra Pratap Singh take oath as Bihar Cabinet Ministers. pic.twitter.com/U9Cn6oR3bk
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Patna: Santosh Kumar Suman, son of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi & Mukesh Sahni of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) take oath as a Cabinet Minister of Bihar. pic.twitter.com/mYCYhk22Pr
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Patna: JDU leaders Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Vijendra Prasad Yadav, Ashok Choudhary, and Mewa Lal Choudhary take oath as Cabinet Ministers of Bihar. pic.twitter.com/peFgFjM8vq
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BJP Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi takes oath as Deputy CM
Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi take oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar. pic.twitter.com/60kHuDDzOC
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#WATCH: Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time – his fourth consecutive term. pic.twitter.com/5jcZXabSYw
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Nitish Kumar takes oath as the CM of Bihar for the seventh time. pic.twitter.com/Zq4G8E68nM
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Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan arrives at Raj Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony of CM designate Nitish Kumar. pic.twitter.com/sHImI5ZQiz
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Bihar: Chief Minister designate Nitish Kumar arrives at Raj Bhavan in Patna.
He will take oath as the CM of Bihar for the seventh time today. pic.twitter.com/agZngpg6js
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Bihar: Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah arrives at party office in Patna.
He is in the city to attend the swearing-in ceremony of CM designate Nitish Kumar. pic.twitter.com/yXZEnFqb4y
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#WATCH Earlier he used to become CM by betrayal, this time he cannot be called CM…Nitish Kumar is born out of the rape and robbery of people’s mandate by BJP: RJD Bihar President Jagdanand Singh on boycotting CM swearing-in ceremony pic.twitter.com/JiED8PB4uO
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RJD says they will boycott the oath-taking ceremony of Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar. “The public gave the mandate to change which is against the NDA,” says the party.
RJD says they will boycott the oath-taking ceremony of Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar. “The public gave the mandate to change which is against the NDA,” says the party.
JDU chief Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Bihar CM in Patna, later today. pic.twitter.com/9EGhZ5cWR2
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It’s his personal opinion & not party’s stand. There’s a proper time & place for any analysis which will be done to identify where did we lack in cooperation & synergy: RJD’s Manoj Jha on party leader Shivanand Tiwari’s remark ‘polls were in full swing&Rahul Gandhi was on picnic’
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.
The Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly is likely to be from the BJP, sources said.
BJP’s Renu Devi, Tarkishore Prasad likely to be sworn in as Deputy CMs
I will take oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tarkishore Prasad
There are indications that Renu ji (BJP leader Renu Devi) and I will take oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of #Bihar: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tarkishore Prasad pic.twitter.com/f8VWuqxzuC
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Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah will also attend the oath-taking ceremony of Bihar Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar in Patna today.
BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda to attend oath-taking ceremony of JD(U) Chief and Bihar CM designate Nitish Kumar in Patna, today.
The NDA has secured a 125-seat majority in the 243-seat strong Bihar Legislative Assembly of which BJP won on 74 seats, JD(U) on 43 while eight seats were won by two other NDA constituents. The RJD, on the other hand, emerged as the single-largest party with 75 seats while the Congress only won 19 of the 70 seats it had contested on.