After a dramatic volte-face, ditching the Mahagathbandhan and the opposition bloc INDIA and forming a new government with the BJP, JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar along with eight ministers-- three each from the BJP and the JD-U, one from HAM and one independent took oath on Sunday.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel took a dig at Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar after his exit from INDIA bloc to realign with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Pawar, the chief of the NCP, a party among others in the INDIA bloc, said that such a situation had never been seen before in such a short period of time.
Union Minister and BJP MP Nityanand Rai on Sunday asserted that good government is necessary for Bihar adding that NDA (National Democratic Alliance) would secure victory in all 40 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Janata Dal-United chief Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the ninth time at Raj Bhavan on Sunday after snapping ties with "Mahagathbandhan".
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday congratulated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for taking the oath of office again- this time for the record 9th time.
After Nitish Kumar severed ties with the ruling Mahagathbandhan government to rejoin NDA, the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Bihar, Shakeel Ahmed Khan, urged to stop rumours that are being spread regarding Congress MLAs in the state.
It was for the second time in two years that Nitish Kumar had jumped the ships, his fifth crossover in a little over a decade, preceding his ninth time as chief minister.
Bihar's newly elected Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary on Sunday asserted that NDA (National Democratic Alliance) would secure victory in all 40 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Sunday expressed his happiness over the return of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to the National Democratic Alliance for the third time and called the NDA a 'natural alliance' of the JDU led by Kumar.