Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath of office and secrecy to him.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda and several other top leaders of the NDA.
Chief ministers of several other NDA-ruled states also attended the event.
Nitish Kumar had resigned as the Bihar Chief Minister on Wednesday and then staked a claim before Governor Arif Mohammed Khan to form the new government.
Apart from the Cabinet berths for the main NDA constituents, the BJP and JD(U), the other partners of the alliance were also likely to get one ministerial post for every six MLAs to ensure a balanced representation.
One ministerial berth each will likely go to the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) or HAM(S), three to Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and the remaining will be divided between the BJP and the JD(U), it was known.
The new Cabinet will be expanded after Makar Sankranti on January 14 next year, news agency PTI quoted sources as saying.
