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Will work together and serve people: Nitish Kumar after taking oath as Bihar CM

New Delhi: Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister for 4th straight term at an event, which was attended by Union Home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda. BJP leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar. Governor Phagu Chauhan administered …

New Delhi: Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister for 4th straight term at an event, which was attended by Union Home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda.

BJP leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar. Governor Phagu Chauhan administered the oath of office to Kumar, along with a 14-member council of ministers.

After taking oath, CM Nitish Kumar said, “Based on the public’s decision, NDA has once again formed the government in the state. We will work together and serve the people”.

Sushil Modi who remained his Deputy CM was also seen with him after oath ceremony. On Sushil Modi not returning to post he held, Kumar told media persons, “It is the decision of the BJP to not make Sushil Modi Deputy Chief Minister. They should be asked about this.”

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Among those who took oath included 5 ministers from JDU namely Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Vijendra Prasad Yadav, Ashok Choudhary, Mewa Lal Choudhary and Sheela Kumari.

Those from the BJP included Mangal Pandey, Amrendra Pratap Singh, RamPrit Paswan and Ram Surat Rai and Jibesh Kumar took oath as ministers.

Santosh Kumar Suman, son of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and Mukesh Sahni the founder of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) also took oaths as Cabinet Minister of Bihar.

The main opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) boycotted the swearing-in ceremony stating the mandate was against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

In a tweet, the RJD said: “The RJD boycotts swearing-in ceremony. The mandate for change is against the NDA. The mandate has been changed on the state’s directions. Ask the unemployed, farmers, contract workers and employed teachers of Bihar what is going on with them. The public is agitated by the fraud of the NDA. We are the public’s representatives and stand with them.”

The newly formed Bihar Cabinet is set to hold a meeting tomorrow. A special session of the state legislative assembly will be held on November 23.