Akhilesh Yadav congratulates Nitish, Tejashwi on taking oath as Bihar CM, Dy CM

India

oi-Prakash KL

Lucknow,
Aug
10:
Samajwadi
Party
president
Akhilesh
Yadav,
who
had
welcomed
Bihar
Chief
Minister
Nitish
Kumar’s
decision
to
walkout
of
the
BJP
alliance,
has
congratulated
JDU
leader
Nitish
Kumar
and
RJD’s
Tejashwi
Yadav
on
taking
oath
as
Bihar’s
Chief
Minister
and
Deputy
Chief
Minister,
respectively,
on
Wednesday.

“Heartfelt
congratulations
and
best
wishes
to
Shri
Nitish
Kumarji
for
taking
oath
as
the
chief
minister
of
Bihar
and
Shri
Tejashwi
Yadavji
as
the
deputy
chief
minister,”
he
said
in
a
Hindi
tweet.

Nitish
Kumar
took
oath
as
Bihar
Chief
Minister
for
eighth
time,
after
he
returned
to
the
Mahagathbandhan
comprising
of
the
RJD,
Congress
and
other
opposition
parties.
RJD
leader
Tejashwi
Yadav
took
oath
too,
as
the
deputy
chief
minister,
in
a
ceremony
at
the
Raj
Bhavan
in
Patna.

Besides
JD(U)
and
RJD,
the
Congress
is
expected
to
be
represented
in
the
new
cabinet.
Left
parties
CPIML(L),
CPI
and
CPI(M)
have
expressed
their
intention
to
support
the
new
government
from
outside.

Kumar
had
on
Tuesday
quit
the
BJP,
stripping
the
party
of
power,
before
resigning
and
staking
claim
to
form
a
new
government,
armed
with
the
support
of
the
‘Mahagathbandhan’
(Grand
Alliance).

‘He
won
in
2014
but
will
he
in
2024’:
Nitish
Kumar’s
swipe
at
PM
Modi

Earlier,
Yadav
welcomes
Nitish’s
decision
and
“This
is
a
good
beginning
today,
the
day
when
slogan
of
‘Bharat
chhodo’
(Quit
India)
was
given
against
the
British.
If
the
slogan
of
‘BJP
bhagaao’
(drive
away
the
BJP)
is
coming
from
Bihar,
I
feel
that
in
other
states
also,
parties
will
stand
against
the
BJP,
and
so
is
people.”

On
talks
in
political
circles
that
Nitish
Kumar
could
be
the
opposition
face
in
the
2024
general
election,
SP’s
chief
spokesperson
Rajendra
Chaudhary
told
PTI
in
Lucknow,
“Nitish
is
our
old
partner
and
we
have
worked
together
since
the
days
of
the
Lok
Dal.
This
is
not
the
time
to
discuss
about
the
prime
ministerial
candidate.”