Bihar HIGHLIGHTS: Nitish takes oath as CM for record 9th time, Vijay Sinha, Samrat Choudhary his new deputies

On Nitish Kumar taking oath as Bihar CM after joining NDA, NCP working president Supriya Sule says, "It is clearly disappointing for us because he is a tall leader of India. But it is a democracy & everyone has the right to feel, but the rest of the INDIA family stays intact. We will not just work as an organisation but as India's family...Why should there be a problem if one ally has a difference of opinion?..."

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar took to X, "I express my gratitude to Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his good wishes and thank him wholeheartedly for his cooperation. A new government has been formed in Bihar with the NDA alliance...With the NDA coalition government at the Center and the state, development work will gain momentum..."

Newly elected Deputy CM of Bihar, Vijay Kumar Sinha says, "I thank our party leadership, especially PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister and National President, for showing confidence in me...The NDA government will establish good governance and there will be development."

He further said, "Tejashwi Yadav got a good opportunity to play but he could not play and failed in that game."

On the INDIA alliance, BJP national president JP Nadda said, "We had said that INDI alliance is an unholy, unscientific alliance and it will not work. 'Anaya Yatra', 'Bharat Todo Yatra' and the INDI Alliance have failed conceptually. INDI alliance formed to protect family and properties and is a group of corrupt people and promotes appeasement..."

"Nitish ji has returned to NDA, it is a matter of happiness for us. The people of Bihar gave the mandate to NDA. JDU and Nitish Ji's natural alliance is NDA only," said BJP president JP Nadda.

On RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's statement that "JDU will be finished in 2024", Bihar CM Nitish Kumar says, "We work for the development and progress of Bihar. We will keep doing the same, nothing else. Tejashwi was not doing anything. Now I am back where I was before (in NDA) and now there is no question of going anywhere."

Bihar's newly elected Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary said, "We will win all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar. In 2020 we won the elections and defeated Lalu Yadav's family and will do the same in future also."

A total eight cabinet ministers, along with Nitish Kumar took oath as NDA returned to power in Bihar. The diverse lineup included members from BJP, JDU, and other parties. Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha, and Prem Kumar took the oath, representing the BJP faction in Nitish Kumar's cabinet.  Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, and Shrawon Kumar from JDU assume ministerial roles, contributing to the collaborative government.  Santosh Kumar Suman, President of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), and independent MLA Sumit Kumar Singh also joined the cabinet, emphasising a coalition of diverse political affiliations. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated JDU chief Nitish Kumar on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time.

Independent MLA Sumit Kumar Singh took oath as a minister in the new Nitish Kumar-led government.

Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) President Dr Santosh Kumar Suman took oath as a minister in the new Nitish Kumar-led government.

BJP leader Vijay Sinha took oath as a cabinet minister in the Nitish government.

BJP leader Samrat Choudhary took oath as a Cabinet Minister in the Nitish government.

Nitish Kumar takes oath as chief minister of Bihar for record 9th time, second times in two years.

BJP's Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha at the oath ceremony of the new government, in Raj Bhavan, Patna They are likely to take oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar.

BJP national president JP Nadda arrived at Patna ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of JDU leader Nitish Kumar.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said, "Why should we not take credit for the work we have done? ... The CM who used to say that it is impossible to give jobs, we gave jobs and showed that it is possible. We brought new policies in tourism, IT, and sports. The work that was done in 17 months could not be done in 17 years (of BJP-JDU rule). We did historic work in the 17 months."

"BJP was never as weak during its lifetime as it is today. Today a new record of betrayal has been made. The public will give a befitting reply to this. There can be no greater defeat than someone not believing in you as a person," said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.

“Chameleon” is infamous just like that..! Paltis Kumar should also be honored with “Chameleon Ratna” for his speed of color change," Tej Pratap Yadav posted on X.

"KC Tyagi is my elder brother. Tell him that Nitish Kumar has switched sides once again and see how he comes up with new dialogues. He is a good scriptwriter and writes good dialogues," said Congress leader Pawan Khera  on JD(U) leader KC Tyagi's statements on seat-sharing in I.N.D.I.A. bloc.

Cabinet meeting will be held after swearing in at 5.30 pm, sources said. Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as CM for the ninth time at 5 pm.

(With inputs from Nitish Chandra)

"In Bihar, there was an open fight and Congress couldn't handle Nitish Kumar because of which, like last time, the result of Bihar will come out in the favour of BJP," BSP MP Malook Nagar said.

"We made this decision due to the absence of seriousness in INDIA Alliance...INDIA Alliance has died an untimely death in politics. Their story is finished," JD(U) MLC Neeraj Kumar said.

"This entire drama has been created by PM- 'Muhurat Mantri'. He is baffled by the success of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said.

"All three have betrayed the people of Bihar, especially Nitish Kumar... The term political opportunism will be an understatement, Nitish Kumar has broken all records," Owaisi said.

"We have faith in our leader and we will follow him. We will go among the public," he said.

"There is no need to worry because we are a strong opposition and we are the largest party and will fight the government strongly. We are Lalu Yadav's soldiers," RJD MLA Vijay Kumar Singh said.

The Jharkhand unit of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday labelled JD(U) president Nitish Kumar an “opportunist” after he dumped the 'Mahagathbandhan' in Bihar, and asserted that people in the neighbouring state will give a befitting reply in the assembly elections. Kumar resigned as Bihar chief minister earlier in the day, saying "things were not working well" for him in the 'Mahagathbandhan' he had joined less than 18 months ago and in the opposition bloc INDIA. "There is a limit to switching sides, but Nitish Kumar has crossed all such limits. However, it is good for the RJD. People are now aware of his character," Jharkhand RJD spokesperson and general secretary Manoj Yadav said.

"People of Bihar are being toyed with. They are being mocked. Bihar's image has suffered a blow," Congress leader Tariq Anwar said.

These leaders are likely to take oath today.

Samrat Choudhary (BJP)

Vijay Sinha (BJP)

Prem Kumar (BJP)

Vijay Chaudhary(JDU)

Bijendra Yadav (JDU)

Shravan Kumar (JDU)

Santosh Kumar Suman (HAM)

Sumit Kumar Singh (Independent)

Prashant Kishor has claimed that the alliance made now will not last six months after the elections. Nitish Kumar will change again before the assembly elections, he said.

"The credibility of Nitish Kumar has now finished," Bhupesh Baghel said.

"Future of India as a society, as a country is at stake if the BJP continues and the RSS ideology continues," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said.

Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time at 5 pm at Raj Bhavan.

"BJP will have a historic win in Lok Sabha polls and in Bihar we will win the whole 40 seats," BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

Nitish Kumar met the Governor today and staked claim to form the Bihar government. Nitish will be sworn in this evening.

Nitish Kumar reached Raj Bhavan to stake claim to form the government with BJP's support. Nitish is likely to take oath as CM this evening.

Nitish Kumar is on his way to the Raj Bhavan to stake claim to form government with the BJP's support.

"We are happy and now JDU And BJP will together form the government," BJP MP Sushil Modi said.

"Garbage goes back into the dustbin," Lalu Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya tweeted.

Lalu Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya put out a cryptic tweet after Nitish Kumar's resignation.

Nitish Kumar resigned as the Chief Minister of the state today.

Tej Pratap Yadav put out a cryptic post on X, after Nitish Kumar resigned as the chief minister of Bihar.

"Congratulations to Nitish Kumar for resigning from the post of CM of the Grand Alliance government!" he tweeted.

"On behalf of the party, I thank PM Modi and party president JP Nadda," Former Bihar BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal said.

Samrat Chaudhary elected as the Leader of the legislative party, Vijay Sinha elected as the Deputy Leader.

BJP Bihar Legislative Party has elected Samrat Choudhary as leader and Vijay Sinha as dy. leader of the party.

Nitish Kumar, who frequently changes political partners, is giving tough competition to the chameleons in changing colours.

After Nitish Kumar stepped down as the Chief Minister of Bihar, sources said that BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha could be the deputy CMs of the state in the new government which is likely to be formed today.

Bihar BJP legislature party has called a meeting to decide further course of action after Nitish Kumar's resignation, Vinod Tawde tweeted.

The Governor accepted the resignation and deputed him as the Acting CM.

"I'm moving into new alliance. I made INDI alliance but no work was being done," Nitish Kumar said.

Nitish Kumar said that the attitude of Lalu Yadav's RJD was not good and the work was not being done in the Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc, which is why he tendered his resignation to the Governor.

"Today, I have resigned as the Chief Minister and I have also told the Governor to dissolve the government in the state. It was the suggestion of my party leaders. We severed ties with them," Nitish Kumar said after resigning as CM.

Bihar CM and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar met Governor at Raj Bhavan; and told him - "We have decided to sever ties with the mahagathbandhan in the state."

Nitish Kumar resigned as Bihar Chief Minister. Along with this, he quit the Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He is likely to join hands with the BJP soon.

Nitish Kumar reached Raj Bhavan to tender his resignation to the Governor.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar left for Raj Bhavan to tender his resignation. He announced his resignation in the meeting with JDU leaders today.

BJP legislative party meeting in Patna, Bihar concluded.

Jitan Ram Manjhi's party HAM MLAs also reached the CM residence in Patna where a meeting is underway.

At the meeting of the party leaders in Patna, all JD(U) leaders authorised CM and party president Nitish Kumar to take any decision.

A meeting of JD(U) is underway at CM Nitish Kumar's residence where the decision to tender the resignation is likely to be taken.

"The role of Chirag Paswan has been clear from the beginning - he believes in the PM of the country...Bihar too will go ahead under his (PM's) leadership," he said.

Nitish Kumar will resign shortly and preparations are being made to visit Raj Bhavan.

(With inputs from Nitish Chandra)

A meeting of JDU MLAs and leaders is underway at Nitish Kumar's residence in Patna, where a decision on the next move of the party amid the crisis is likely to be taken.

"Nitish Kumar played a prominent role in all three meetings, so we were considering Nitish Kumar to fight the BJP and its ideology till the very end," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said.

A meeting of JD(U) MLAs and leaders of the party began at the residence of CM Nitish Kumar in Patna.

A meeting of Bihar BJP MLAs and leaders of the party is underway at the party office in Patna.

Jitan Ram Manjhi has submitted his letter of support to BJP to form the NDA government in Bihar.

(With inputs from Devendra Parashar)

BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad arrived at Bihar party office in Patna for a meeting.

Faced with the possibility of imminent loss of power in Bihar, the RJD on Sunday put out full-page advertisements in newspapers to "thank" its young leader Tejashwi Yadav for his contributions as the deputy chief minister. "Dhanyawad (thank you) Tejashwi," say the advertisements put out in Hindi, from "state unit of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Mahagathbandhan Parivar", in an obvious bid to boost the image of the 34-year-old leader, whose father Lalu Prasad heads the party.

Former Bihar BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal arrived at the party office in Patna, for a meeting of party leaders.

JD(U) MP Kaushalendra Kumar arrived at the residence of CM Nitish Kumar.

"Whatever will be decided in today's meeting by our leader, CM Nitish Kumar, in favour of the party and the state, we will stand by him," JDU MP Leshi Singh said.

"Whether he will join BJP or not, whether BJP will accept him or not, will be decided," BJP MP Dilip Ghosh said.

BJP Bihar President Samrat Chaudhary arrived at the party office in Patna for a meeting of the party MLAs.

JDU MLAs started arriving at the Chief Minister's residence for meeting. Ministers Vijay Chaudhary and Sanjay Jha arrived. Bihar Legislative Council Chairman Devesh Thakur arrived.

(With inputs from Nitish Chandra)

A meeting of BJP MLAs is taking place in the party office in Patna.

Bihar BJP MLAs arrived at the party office in Patna for meeting amid political turmoil in state.

"Anything is possible in politics, but no such decision has come before us. So I won't be able to say much about it," BJP MLA Motilal Prasad said.

JP Nadda will fly from Delhi by chartered plane at 1.45 pm and reach Patna around 3 pm and will return to Delhi by 7.30 pm. Chirag Paswan can also go along, sources said.

(With inputs from Devendra Parashar)

"It is true that we were working in the INDIA Alliance for last 1.5 years. The meetings started from Patna," JDU MLC Neeraj Kumar said.

"We looked for a way and made no compromise with governance," JD (U) MLC Neeraj Kumar said.

JD(U) MLAs will have a meeting this morning in Patna, sources said. Nitish Kumar has sought time from the Governor. He is likely to submit his resignation to the Governor today.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sought time to meet the Governor today morning, sources said.