Janata Dal United leader Nitish Kumar on Friday took oath as the
Chief Minister of Bihar for the fifth time. Kumar, who was chosen as the
Mahagathbandhan legislative party leader, took oath as the CM at Gandhi
Maidan in Patna on Friday Nov 20,2015
Overseen by Governor Ram Nath Kovind, Nitish took the oath of office and secrecy in the name of God in Hindi.
Overseen by Governor Ram Nath Kovind, Nitish took the oath of office and secrecy in the name of God in Hindi.
Following Nitish’s swearing in at the event, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap Yadav(both are first time lawmakers) also took oath as ministers in the new Bihar government
Tejaswi Pratap Yadav(26) will be Bihar's new Deputy Chief Minister. He took oath immediately after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Tej Pratap Yadav(28) who was elected from the Mahua Assembly seat, fumbled
while taking oath.
The elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad could not
pronounce the word apekshit (expectations) correctly and instead he said
upekshit (neglected) following which Governor Ramnath Kovind asked the
Mahua MLA to repeat his oath. But he once again fumbled during the
swearing-in.
Though both sons of Lalu Yadav are debutants and won their first election this time, Tejaswi is widely seen as his father's political heir since he campaigned with him for last year's national election.
Though both sons of Lalu Yadav are debutants and won their first election this time, Tejaswi is widely seen as his father's political heir since he campaigned with him for last year's national election.
Former JDU state president Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lallan, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Shrawan Kumar and Jay Kumar Singh, all members of the outgoing cabinet also took oath besides former MP Maheshwar Hazari, Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma, Santosh Nirala and Khurshid alias Firoz Ahmad.
New members in the cabinet from JDU - Shailesh Kumar, Kumari Manju Varma, Madan Sahni and Kapildeo Kamat also took oath.
Hazari, a cousin of Ram Vilas Paswan had defeated the LJP chief's nephew Prince Raj from Kalyanpur assembly seat. In Lok Sabha elections earlier, he had defeated Paswan's brother Ram Chandra Paswan.
From RJD quota besides Lalu's sons, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Abdul Gafoor, Vijay Prakash, Chandrika Rai, Alok Kumar Mehta, Ram Vichar Rai, Sheo Chander Ram, Muneshwar Chaudhary, Chandrashekhjar and Anita Devi took oath.
Anita, the lone woman minister from RJD defeated senior BJP leader Rameshwar Chourasia in Nokha assembly segment.
From Congress, party chief Ashok Choudhary, Madan Mohan Jha, Abdul Jalil Mastan and Awdesh Kumar Singh were sworn in.
RJD had won 80 seats in the Bihar poll followed by JDU 71 and Congress 27 totalling 178 in the 243-member Legislative Assembly.
As per constitutional provision of cabinet quota being fixed at 15 % of the House strength, Nitish Kumar could have a maximum of 36 members, including himself, in the ministry.
28 minsters were sworn in along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who will now host his political guests at his residence for high tea
The oath taking ceremony was attended by several high profile guests, including -
- former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah
- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
- Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi
- former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda
- Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu,
- CPI-M's Sitaram Yechury, CPI's D Raja
Lalu's oldest Misa contested the Lok Sabha election but lost. She was
present at the swearing in ceremony along with two more sisters.
Misa, Tej Pratap and Tejaswi are the only ones among Lalu's nine children to join politics.
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