Patna: Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th term on Thursday, marking yet another milestone in his decades-long political career. The oath ceremony, held at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan, came a day after he was unanimously chosen as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) legislature party and formally staked claim to form the new government.
Alongside Kumar, 26 newly elected MLAs were inducted into the NDA cabinet. BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers, reaffirming the BJP–JD(U) partnership at the core of the new government.
The grand swearing-in event saw the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP national president JP Nadda, and chief ministers of several NDA-ruled states.
