Sources in the CMO in Patna said Mr Nitish Kumar gave a personal touch to the invitations by telephoning all leaders and requesting them to come for the event.
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Asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP veteran L.K. Advani would be invited to the oath-taking function, Kumar said these matters “would be decided in due course and the media would be informed”.
Both Banerjee and Kejriwal had extended support to Kumar in his fight against the BJP-led alliance in the Bihar polls in which the grand alliance comprising JD-U, RJD and Congress registered a thumping victory.
But the important fact here is that the party with the largest number of seats is Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party under whose rule, Bihar emerged as a jungle raj. Assam CM Tarun Gogoi and his UP counterpart Akhilesh Yadav are also expected to attend the ceremony to present a picture of unity among non-NDA parties in the country.
The Bihar defeat has dealt a blow to BJP in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular.
In the recently held elections to the 243-seat Bihar Assembly, the grand alliance won 178 seats, including RJD-80, JD(U)-71 and Congress-27.
A senior JD(U) leader today claimed that the BJP sustained a “body blow” at the just-concluded Bihar Assembly election by having its strength reduced to half as it did not have the company of Nitish Kumar this time “to do a rescue act”.
BHAGALAPUR, Congress candidate Ajeet Sharma along with his wife and mother shows their inked fingers after casting votes during the first phase of Bihar Assembly polls, outside a polling booth at Agriculture Department on October 12, 2015.
Unless action is taken against these leaders, who caused extensive damage to the party in the crucial election, discipline would become a major issue within the party, sources quoted the state leadership telling top BJP leaders.
On February 2015 he has been Elected by the Bihar people as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
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Samajwadi Party MP from Mainpuri Tej Pratap Yadav, who is here in connection with Chhath observed by his mother-in-law Rabri Devi, confirmed that the U.P. Chief Minister would attend the ceremony.
