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‘Vikaspurush’ Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister for 5th time

‘Vikaspurush’ Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister for 5th time

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-11-20 09:08 GMT
Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister on Friday along with 28 ministers, including RJD chief Lalu Prasad's two sons Tejaswi and Tej Pratap. (Photo: PTI)
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, whose party was also a major beneficiary of the grand alliance was also present at the ceremony. (photo: PTI)
Congratulating Nitish Kumar, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah said the senior Janata Dal (United) leader must now start preparing himself to become the next PM. (Photo: PTI)
Prashant Kishor helped craft Nitish Kumar's campaign strategy in Bihar that saw him thump his arch foe in the state assembly election. (Photo: Twitter)
RJD chief Lalu Yadav with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the swearing-in ceremony.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Farooq and Omar Abdullah with Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav and Lalu Yadav.
Tej Pratap won from the Mahua constituency by a margin of 28,155 votes. (photo: PTI)
Tej Pratap Yadav, was interrupted twice by Governor Ram Nath Kovind and asked to repeat his oath after he misspelled a word. (Photo: Twitter)
 
In an indication of his place in the order of pecking, Tejaswi followed the chief minister in oath taking as his parents Lalu and Rabri Devi, both former chief ministers, watched amidst full-throated cheers from the RJD activists in the gathering. (
RJD had won 80 seats in the Bihar poll followed by JD(U) 71 and Congress 27 totalling 178 in the 243-member Legislative Assembly. (photo: AP)
Nitish Kumar greets Governor Ram Nath Kovind after taking oath. (Photo: PTI)
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, who was deputed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was also present. CPI-M's Sitaram Yechury, CPI's D Raja also attended the event. (Photo: PTI)
Nitish Kumar to hold home and personnel portfolios, whereas Lalu Yadav's son Tejaswi gets road, building construction portfolio and Tejpratap Yadav was allotted health portfolio. (Photo: PTI)
A galaxy of leaders including Rahul Gandhi, H D Deve Gowda, Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and a number of Congress Chief Ministers were present at the swearing in ceremony of the new Bihar government. (Photo: PTI)
Besides Nitish, 12 members each from RJD and JD(U) and four from Congress were administered oath as ministers by Governor Ram Nath Kovind. (Photo: PTI)
‘Vikaspurush’ Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister for 5th time

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