Patna (Bihar) [India], August 10 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as Bihar\u2019s chief minister again on Wednesday afternoon after having announced a new \u201cGrand Alliance\u201d which includes Tejashwi Yadav\u2019s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other Opposition parties.<\/p>\n
Tejashwi Yadav is also likely to take oath as Deputy Chief Minister.
\nSeven parties including 164 MLAs along with independent MLA in our Mahagathbandhan, says Nitish Kumar at a joint presser with RJD\u2019s Tejashwi Yadav after meeting Bihar Governor.<\/p>\n
Kumar ended his alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) National Democratic Alliance and rejoined hands with RJD on a day of rapidly changing political developments in Bihar.<\/p>\n
According to a tweet by Kumar\u2019s new alliance partner RJD, the swearing-in ceremony will be held at 2 pm at Raj Bhavan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe swearing-in ceremony of Honorable Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Raj Bhavan,\u201d the party said in a tweet from its official handle.<\/p>\n
While the RJD tweet did not mention any names, it is widely expected that Nitish Kumar would be the chief minister while Tejashwi Yadav would become his deputy.<\/p>\n
In a day of fast-paced political developments, Bihar\u2019s chief minister Nitish Kumar twice met Governor Phagu Chauhan, first to hand over his resignation as NDA chief minister and then after being elected leader of the RJD-led `Mahagathbandhan\u2019 (grand alliance) to stake a claim for the top job in the state once again.<\/p>\n
Kumar said he submitted a list of 164 MLAs to the governor who will decide when the oath-taking can take place. The effective strength of the state Assembly is 242 and the magic figure is 122.<\/p>\n
Notably, it will be the eighth time when Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, BJP lashed out at Nitish Kumar over his decision and said he had \u201cdisrespected the mandate given by the people of Bihar\u201d.<\/p>\n
Nitish Kumar, who talked to the media with Tejashwi Yadav, said they have the support of seven parties in Mahagathbandhan.<\/p>\n
Tejashwi Yadav attacked the BJP and claimed the party does not have an alliance partner across the Hindi heartland.<\/p>\n
He accused BJP of trying to destroy parties with whom it forms alliances.<\/p>\n
\u201cAcross the Hindi heartland, BJP does not have any alliance partner. History shows that the BJP destroys the parties with whom it forms alliances. We did see that happening in Punjab and Maharashtra,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also referred to the remarks of BJP president JP Nadda.<\/p>\n
\u201cJP Nadda said they will end regional parties. BJP knows only to intimidate and buy people. All of us wanted the BJP\u2019s agenda shouldn\u2019t be implemented in Bihar, we all know Laluji stopped the \u2018Rath\u2019 of Advaniji, and we won\u2019t relent at any cost,\u201d Yadav said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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