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Nitish Kumar oath taking ceremony: 26 ministers inducted, focus shifts to portfolio allocation
Nitish Kumar oath taking ceremony: As Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister at Patna's Gandhi Maidan on Thursday, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, in his first public reaction since Bihar poll loss, extended greetings to the new govt and said he hopes it lives up to expectations.
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Nitish Kumar oath taking ceremony highlights: The updates to this live blog have ended. Nitish Kumar took oath today as the Bihar chief minister for a record 10th time, a day after he staked claim to form the next government in the state the and was elected the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)....Read More
Apart from Nitish Kumar, BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha were among the newly elected MLAs who took oath to be part of the new NDA-led Bihar cabinet.
Bihar new govt swearing-in ceremony | 5 facts
-2025 Bihar election results: The NDA - led by the JD(U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a sweeping majority in the recently concluded Bihar elections 2025, winning 202 of the 243 assembly seats. With 89 seats, the BJP became the single-largest party, the JD(U) won 85, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) 19, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) five and the Rashtriya Lok Morcha four.
-PM Modi among oath-taking ceremony attendees: The swearing-in ceremony on Thursday was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other bigwigs such as Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Unions ministers Rajnath Singh and Dharmenndra Pradhan, and chief ministers of at least seven states.
-Who all took oath: Apart from Nitish Kumar taking oath as chief minister, 26 others were sworn in to be part of the new NDA-led Bihar cabinet. Check full list of leaders who took oath here.
-Bihar chief minister swearing-in ceremony venue: The oath-taking ceremony took place at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan, which has hosted his inaugurations in 2005, 2010, and 2015. It is at this venue that Jayaprakash Narayan called for "total revolution" during a speech in 1974.
-Nitish elected leader of NDA: On Wednesday, Nitish Kumar was first elected as leader of the JD (U) Legislature Party during the meeting with the new MLAs held at his official residence in Patna. He was later unanimously elected as leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Legislature Party ahead of the formation of a new government under his leadership.
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Here's a recap of Nitish Kumar's oath-taking ceremony from Bihar's Patna:
- Nitish Kumar took oath as the chief minister of Bihar for a record tenth time on Thursday in a grand ceremony at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan.
- Along with Nitish, 18 cabinet ministers and two deputy CMs took oath. Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were retained in their post.
- Besides Choudhary and Sinha, Nitish Kumar's new Cabinet also includes Dilip Jaiswal, Mangal Pandey, Vijay Kumar Choudhary, and Bijendra Prasad Yadav, among others.
- The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
- In his first message after the oath-taking ceremony, CM Nitish Kumar thanked the people of Bihar and expressed gratitude toward PM Modi, even as he reaffirmed the NDA government's resolve towards development, making Bihar one of the most developed states in the country.
- Following Nitish Kumar's swearing-in, RJD leader and the Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial candidate in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, Tejashwi Yadav congratulated the ruling NDA bloc and said he hopes that the new government will up to the aspirations of the people.
