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.
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.
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.
After snapping ties with "Mahagathbandhan" and taking oath for the ninth time as Bihar Chief Minister, CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday asserted that his alliance with NDA will remain forever adding that now there is no question of going anywhere else.
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".
Outgoing Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday hit out at acting CM Nitish Kumar after he resigned from the post to form a government with the NDA after days of speculation, saying that the JD(U) will be 'finished' by 2024 as it will cease to exist as a political party.
As speculations swirled around Nitish Kumar's saffron switch before he eventually resigned as chief minister, Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Neeraj Kumar on Sunday shredded bitter ally RJP, saying that the party failed to rein in its leaders from making unsavoury public statements against th
Bringing closure to the fast-unravelling political events earlier in the day, Nitish handed his resignation letter to Governor Rajendra Arlekar along with letters of support from the BJP legislators.
As Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar is slated to form a new government with NDA in Bihar, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said that BJP took the decision in favour of Bihar people and now the state will move forward on the path of development.
Hours after Nitish Kumar severed his ties with the ruling Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar, a decision also being seen as a big blow to the unity of the INDIA bloc, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that the Janata Dal (United) supremo gives a tough challenge to chameleons and