Nitish Kumar took oath as the Bihar chief minister for a fourth straight term on Monday after the NDA won 125 of the 243 seats in the recently concluded Assembly elections.
The NDA on Sunday chose Kumar for another term as the Chief Minister and his name was announced by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who had been sent from Delhi as the “observer” for the BJP, according to PTI.
“Nitish Kumar was unanimously elected as the NDA legislature party leader. Our MLAs Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi were respectively elected as the leader and deputy leader of the BJP legislature party”, Singh told reporters.
The RJD and Congress have decided to boycott the swearing-in ceremony, saying the “mandate for change was against the NDA”, according to The Hindu.
