The new cabinet headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave its nod to a five-day session of the bicameral Bihar legislature from November 23. The state cabinet approved the Parliamentary Affairs Department's proposal to convene the first session of the 17th assembly and 196th session of the legislative council from November 23 to November 27.
Along with his tweet attacking the state government, Gandhi tagged a media report which claimed that the incident of burning alive a young woman in Vaishali was kept under wraps as elections were on.
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has been critical to the party leadership following the poor performance in the Bihar Assembly elections and bypolls. In an interview to The Indian Express, Sibal said that people don't consider the grand old party
Bihar government formation: Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar CM for the fourth straight term. BJP's Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi took oath as deputy CMs.
A meeting of the Congress' Special Committee will be held today amid the voices of discontent emerging within the party post a dismal performance in the Bihar assembly election and other bypolls. According to news agency ANI, the meeting will take place at 5 pm through video conferencing but the agenda is not clear.
JD(U) president Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister for a fourth straight term on Monday at a ceremony which was attended by top BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda.
BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar at Raj Bhavan on November 16. This time the state government will have 2 Deputy CMs.
JD(U) president Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister for a fourth straight term on Monday at a ceremony which was attended by top BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda. Along with Nitish Kumar, BJP leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi also took oaths.
BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar at Raj Bhavan on November 16. This time the state government will have 2 Deputy CMs.
Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the seventh time on November 16. NDA had won majority in Bihar assembly elections 2020 by securing 125 seats.
As many as 14 ministers took oath along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday evening at the Raj Bhawan in Patna. India TV's Nitish Chandra caught up with a few.
BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar at Raj Bhavan on November 16.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Mangal Pandey and Amarendra Pratap Singh take oath as Bihar Cabinet Ministers.
Santosh Kumar Suman, son of NDA allies Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and Mukesh Sahni of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) took oath as a Cabinet Ministers of Bihar.
Nitish Kumar's unusual knack for spotting friends has got him where it has despite the drastic slump in the electoral fortune of his party that won just 43 seats, down from 71 it had in 2015, and 31 less than ally BJP which clinched 74.
Prashant Kishor, who originally hails from Bihar's Buxar, had also managed the BJP and Narendra Modi's campaign in 2014 scripting an overwhelming victory for the saffron party.
Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan on Monday congratulated Nitish Kumar for becoming Bihar Chief Minister again and sent him the party's manifesto which he released ahead of assembly polls.
Sushil Kumar Modi News: The biggest name missing from the list of ministers who took oath along with Nitish Kumar was that of Sushil Kumar Modi, who had been Nitish's deputy for long. BJP's Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi have now been made Bihar deputy CMs.
Soon after taking oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the 4th consecutive time, JD(U) president Nitish Kumar said that it is the decision of the BJP to not field Sushil Modi as the deputy chief minister after the recently concluded Assembly polls.
JD(U) president Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister for a fourth straight term today at a ceremony which was attended by top BJP leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda. Along with Nitish Kumar, BJP leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi also took oaths. They are expected to serve as his deputies. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comprising the BJP-JDU will take charge in Bihar from today.
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