JDU leader NITISH Kumar has taken oath for a fourth straight term as Bihar Chief Minister but this time he is NDA candidate and as per CHIRAG PASWAN tweet BJP made NITISH as CM . in a calculated move BJP removed Sushil Modi but nominated two news faces as deputy cm .
Among 14 ministers who followed were the BJP’s Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi — his two new deputies. The event was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda.. Vijendra Yadav, Vijay Choudhary, Ashok Choudhary, Mewalal Choudhary, and Sheela Mandal from Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United and BJP leaders Mangal Pandey and Rampreet Paswan are among the 14 ministers inducted in the new cabinet. Santosh Manjhi of the Hindustani Awam Morcha or the HAM, and Mukesh Mallah of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) are on the list too.
The NDA won the state election last week with a wafer-thin majority and got 125 of Bihar’s 243 assembly seats, three above the halfway mark. Mr Kumar’s Janata Dal United, however, delivered a dismal performance, wining 43 seats compared to the unprecedented 74 seats of the BJP, which has now become the big brother in the alliance.
LJP leader Chirag Paswan tweeted “Congratulations to Nitish Kumarji for becoming Chief Minister again. I hope the government will complete its tenure and you will continue to be Chief Minister of the NDA.
“Made by 4 lakh Biharis, I am sending the vision document (the LJP’s election manifesto – “Bihar First, Bihari First”) to you… whatever work you can complete from it, do it. Congratulations once again on becoming Chief Minister and (to) the BJP for making you Chief Minister,” he added.
The BJP had stressed that Mr Kumar would remain in the top post if the NDA was re-elected. However, the margins triggered speculation he might be dropped, particularly with talk of a tacit deal between the BJP and Mr Paswan’s LJP to reduce Nitish Kumar’s vote share and influence.
