“It is the beginning of opposition unity in the country”, he said. The manner in which a huge dais, which was tastefully decorated, was built, seating arrangements were made, high profile guests got ushered in and out – was created to send a message across that Bihar had come of age and will henceforth march on, or at least try to keep pace with its developed counterparts.
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RJD chief’s sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap take oath as deputy CM and minister, respectivelyPATNA: Nitish Kumar on Friday took oath as Bihar chief minister along with 28 ministers, including RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s two sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap, as the grand alliance government of RJD-JD(U)- Congress was sworn in at a grand event attended by several top leaders from non-BJP parties.
@ShatruganSinha It has been the victory of democracy. “It is extreme “parivarwad” on the part of Lalu”, said Kushwaha.
Chandy behaves as a Congressman during daytime and turns into RSS loyalist during in the night. She was present at the swearing in ceremony along with two more sisters.
The Congress party sees Bihar as its comeback chance.
Lalu’s RJD is the single largest party in the Bihar Assembly with 80 seats. Lalu also prevailed over Nitish in rejecting Congress’ demand for 5 berths in the cabinet and only four MLAs of the party were accommodated.
Former JD(U) 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. “We had lost our confidence after the 2014 defeat (in the Lok Sabha elections)”. The oath taking ceremony was attended by several national and state leaders including senior leaders from BJP and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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Sadanand Singh, ninth term MLA from Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district, was considered a sure shot in the new Bihar cabinet but his name was not there among those who took oath.
