Finance
By: Shree1news, 16 NOV 2020
Nitish Kumar was on Monday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time in 20 years, in presence of top leaders of the NDA together with Union Home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda. Kumar, who heads the JD(U), was administered the oath of office at Raj Bhavan by Governor Phagu Chauhan.
This comes a day after he staked a declare for the formation of a new government within the state, armed with the unanimous assist of all legislators of the NDA regardless of his party’s plummeted tally
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi took oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar. JDU leaders Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Vijendra Prasad Yadav, Ashok Choudhary, and Mewa Lal Choudhary take oath as Cabinet Ministers of Bihar.
Santosh Kumar Suman, son of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and Mukesh Sahni of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) take oath as a Cabinet Minister of Bihar. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Mangal Pandey and Amarendra Pratap Singh take oath as Bihar Cabinet Ministers.
The 69-year-old, who has had a continuous run since November 2005, aside from the period in 2014-15 when Jitan Ram Manjhi kept the chair warm for him, is on target to becoming the longest-serving Chief Minister of the state, surpassing the record of Shrikrishna Singh who held the top post since before Independence until his demise in 1961.
Kumar was first sworn in as CM in 2000, for a term that lasted barely a week as he didn’t muster a majority and returned as a minister at the Centre in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
5 years later, he returned with the JD(U)-BJP alliance winning a majority and upon completion of his tenure returned in 2010 when the coalition gained a landslide victory in the assembly polls. He stepped down in May 2014, owning moral responsibility for the JD(U)s debacle in Lok Sabha polls, solely to return in February 2015 when a rebellious Manjhi was pushed out.
