Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister for the fourth straight term.

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Patna: The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) President Nitish Kumar on Monday (November 16, 2020) took oath as the new chief minister of Bihar in the Bihar Oath Ceremony 2020. The Bihar Oath 2020 Ceremony started at 4:30 PM and witnessed Nitish Kumar taking oath as the Bihar CM for a record seventh time. He took oath as Bihar chief minister for the fourth straight term.

Along with Nitish, 14 other ministers also took oath for the Bihar government formation during a function at Raj Bhawan in Patna. 

The Tejashwi Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) boycotted the oath-taking ceremony and said that it believes that the mandate of the people was against the NDA.

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16 November 2020

17:47 IST

RJD's Tejashwi Yadav congratulates Nitish Kumar:

आदरणीय श्री नीतीश कुमार जी को मुख्यमंत्री ‘मनोनीत’ होने पर शुभकामनाएँ। आशा करता हूँ कि कुर्सी की महत्वाकांक्षा की बजाय वो बिहार की जनाकांक्षा एवं NDA के 19 लाख नौकरी-रोजगार और पढ़ाई, दवाई, कमाई, सिंचाई, सुनवाई जैसे सकारात्मक मुद्दों को सरकार की प्राथमिकता बनायेंगे।

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) November 16, 2020

17:46 IST

PM Narendra Modi congratulates Nitish Kumar: 

Congratulations to @NitishKumar Ji on taking oath as Bihar’s CM. I also congratulate all those who took oath as Ministers in the Bihar Government. The NDA family will work together for the progress of Bihar. I assure all possible support from the Centre for the welfare of Bihar.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 16, 2020