Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM today, Tejashwi Yadav as his deputy

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Patna, Aug 10:
Ending
the
alliance
with
the
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
(BJP),
Janata
Dal
(United)
leader
Nitish
Kumar
is
likely
to
take
oath
as
Bihar’s
Chief
Minister
again
today
while
while
Tejashwi
Yadav
would
become
the
deputy
CM.
If
returned
to
power,
this
will
be
the
eighth
time
when
Nitish
Kumar
will
be
sworn
in
as
Chief
Minister
of
Bihar.

It
will
be
a
simple
ceremony
to
be
held
inside
Raj
Bhavan.
According
to
a
tweet
by
Kumars
new
alliance
partner
RJD,
the
swearing-in
ceremony
will
be
held
at
2
pm
at
Raj
Bhavan.

“The
swearing-in
ceremony
of
Honorable
Chief
Minister
and
Deputy
Chief
Minister
will
be
held
tomorrow
at
2
pm
at
Raj
Bhavan,”
the
party
said
in
a
tweet
from
its
official
handle.
While
the
RJD
tweet
did
not
mention
any
names,
it
is
widely
expected
that
Nitish
Kumar
would
be
the
chief
minister
while
Tejashwi
Yadav
would
become
his
deputy.

With
a
lion’s
share
of
MLAs,
RJD
will
play
boss
role
in
Bihar

More
ministers
will
be
inducted
into
the
cabinet
at
a
later
stage,
PTI
sources
in
Kumar’s
JD(U)
and
Yadav’s
RJD
said.
The
Left
parties
are
likely
to
give
outside
support
to
the
new
government
“retaining
their
independent
identity”.

Kumar
ended
his
alliance
with
the
BJP-led
NDA
and
rejoined
hands
with
RJD
on
a
day
of
rapidly
changing
political
developments
in
Bihar.
Seven
parties
including
164
MLAs
along
with
independent
MLA
in
our
Mahagathbandhan,
said
Nitish
Kumar
at
a
joint
presser
with
RJD’s
Tejashwi
Yadav
after
meeting
Bihar
Governor.

Earlier
on
9
August,
Kumar,
71,
submitted
his
resignation
as
the
chief
minister
heading
the
NDA
coalition,
said
he
submitted
a
list
of
164
MLAs
to
Governor
Phagu
Chauhan.
The
effective
strength
of
the
state
Assembly
is
242
and
the
magic
figure
is
122.

Bihar
political
crisis:
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developments
of
the
day
in
10
points

Meanwhile,
LJP
leader
Chirag
Paswan
accused
Nitish
Kumar
of
“insulting”
the
people’s
mandate
once
again
and
demanded
the
imposition
of
President’s
Rule
in
the
state
followed
by
fresh
elections.
Paswan
also
came
out
in
support
of
the
BJP
and
said
the
saffron
party
had
accepted
everything
that
Kumar
wanted
as
chief
minister
and
even
compromised
on
its
own
policies.

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