Patna: Nitish Kumar will be the new Chief Minister of Bihar. The oath ceremony will take place tomorrow. Nitish Kumar along with his council of ministers will take oath of office and secrecy before Governor Phagu Chauhan.
Nitish Kumar has already served as the Chief Minister for three terms. This will be his fourth term. This came after the leaders of NDA met in Patna to deliberate on the Bihar Elections results.
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Tarkishore Prasad unanimously elected as the leader of BJP legislature party in #Bihar, party leader Sushil Kumar Modi tweets. pic.twitter.com/ns5yQtGoip
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Nitish Kumar elected as the leader of the NDA legislature party: Defence Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh in Patna, #Bihar pic.twitter.com/tXUtYwH4A7
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Oath ceremony to be held tomorrow afternoon: JD(U) Chief Nitish Kumar after staking claim to form government #Bihar https://t.co/OrHiZJAOPl pic.twitter.com/W3oOAJ0uKf
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Patna: JD(U) Chief Nitish Kumar arrives at Raj Bhavan to stake claim to form the government#Bihar pic.twitter.com/sM4QekdxCK
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JD(U) Chief Nitish Kumar named as the next Chief Minister of Bihar, in NDA meeting at Patna
Visuals from NDA meeting at Patna, Bihar pic.twitter.com/Xz8Fr0WDw5
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Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Sunday said that people’s mandate is against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Bihar will find its alternative which will be spontaneous.
How can someone become Chief Minister after getting 40 seats? People’s mandate is against him, he is decimated & should decide on it. #Bihar will find its alternative, which will be spontaneous. It might take a week, ten days, or a month but it will happen: RJD leader Manoj Jha pic.twitter.com/SDaUMTc4AY
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On Friday, the Bihar Chief Minister had tendered his resignation to state Governor Phagu Chauhan.
This comes as the constituents of the NDA, which secured a majority in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly Elections.
The BJP had won 74 seats, JD-U 43, while eight seats were won by other NDA constituents.
