Hours after he submitted his resignation as the chief minister of the RJD-JD(U) government, Nitish Kumar took the oath of office as the chief minister of Bihar for the ninth time. Amidst chants of Bharat Mata ki Jai and Jai Shree Ram, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Chirag Paswan, Samrat Chaudhary, and JP Nadda were present when Nitish Kumar took the oath. When Nitish Kumar last took the oath of office as chief minister in 2022, he had broken with the NDA and joined the RJD, Congress, and Left alliance, eventually rising to the position of chief minister of the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar.
Between 2022 and 2024, Nitish Kumar took the lead in forging the alliance of the opposition parties to unitedly fight the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In June 2023, Nitish Kumar hosted the very first meeting of the opposition parties even before it got its name INDIA.
Nitish Kumar takes oath for the 9th time: Here are top 10 developments
1. Along with Nitish Kumar, BJP’s Samrat Choudhury, Vijay Sinha took oath on Sunday. HAM will also be a part of the new government. Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) president Dr Santosh Kumar Suman took oath on Sunday.
2. Overnight, the RJD ministers are out of the cabinet as Nitish Kumar will now get a new cabinet in the changed political equation in Bihar.
3. Tejashwi Yadav said 2024 marks the end of the JD(U) and the game in Bihar is far from being over.
4. Political strategist Prashant Kishor said Nitish’s tryst with the BJP will be short-lived and Bihar will again see changes within six months after the Lok Sabha election. But whoever Nitish Kumar goes with, he will not win more than 20 seats in the state election in 2025.
6. Nitish Kumar became the CM for the first time in 2000. At that time, he was against RJD and his campaign was based on opposing Lalu. In 2013, Nitish broke away from the NDA and came with RJD in 2015 election.
7. In 2017, Nitish Kumar severed his ties with the RJD and went back to the NDA. In 2022, Nitish Kumar again deserted the NDA and came back to RJD.
8. As Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation on Sunday morning, he explained that things in the INDIA bloc have not been working out.
9. In the interest of the INDIA bloc, the Congress stated that it was aware of what was developing in Bihar but had refrained from commenting previously. In response to JD(U)’s claim that Nitish Kumar was repeatedly insulted by the Congress, the Congress stated that Nitish Kumar would have stayed if he had wanted to, but he preferred to join the NDA. The Congress had earlier claimed that Mallikarjun Kharge had made an attempt to get in touch with Nitish Kumar but had failed.
7. In 2017, Nitish Kumar severed his ties with the RJD and went back to the NDA. In 2022, Nitish Kumar again deserted the NDA and came back to RJD.
8. As Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation on Sunday morning, he explained that things in the INDIA bloc have not been working out.
9. The Congress said it was aware of what was brewing in Bihar but did not comment on it before in the interest of the INDIA bloc. Countering JD(U)’s allegation that the Congress insulted Nitish Kumar time and again, the Congress said if Nitish Kumar wanted to stay, he would have; but he wanted to join the NDA. Earlier, the Congress said Mallikarjun Kharge tried to reach out to Nitish Kumar but was unsuccessful.
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