Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday extended warm congratulations to Nitish Kumar on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar, along with Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, who have sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers in the newly formed NDA government.
Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar also took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time. A total of 25 leaders, apart from Nitish Kumar, took oath as part of the new NDA-led Bihar Cabinet.
Soon after Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha on Thursday took oaths as Bihar Cabinet Ministers.
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday congratulated Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha for being elected as the leader and the deputy leader of the BJP legislature party in Bihar.
Along with Kumar's deputies Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) or [LJP (RV)] chief Chirag Paswan and Bihar Bharatriya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Kumar Jaiswal were present on the occasion.
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were elected as the leader and the deputy leader of the BJP legislature party in Bihar on Wednesday.
The recommendation has been conveyed to Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan through Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Earlier, Nitish Kumar visited Raj Bhavan in Patna and met the Governor, a meeting seen as part of the transition process following the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) resoun
Defying every exit-poll projection, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) delivered a commanding victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, with 28 sitting ministers securing wins in their respective constituencies. One minister, however, fell short, marking the alliance's only notable set
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha won the Lakhisarai Assembly seat with 1,22,408 votes, defeating Congress candidate Amaresh Kumar by 24,940 votes. This marks his fourth consecutive victory from the constituency.
While Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has been a two-time Chief Minister of Bihar, his sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav are finding it difficult to hold their ground in the 2025 Assembly elections.
The counting follows two phases of polling held across the state on November 6 and November 11, culminating today in the final verdict across all 243 Assembly seats.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and BJP candidate for the Lakhisarai seat, Vijay Kumar Sinha, on Friday said that the public mandate predicted by the exit polls will translate into results in the Assembly elections.