Tag: Nitish Kumar

The total ministers in Bihar government reached 33 as Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav already took the oath of chief minister and deputy chief minister.

Sources in the RJD confirmed that Madhepura MLA and Yadav leader Chandrashekher Yadav selected in the cabinet and he is most likely to take oath in the Raj Bhawan.

After Nitish Kumar parted ways with the BJP-led NDA, speculations are rife about an grand alliance. This is what Nitish Kumar said on being asked about PM candidature. 

After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar parted ways with NDA, Bansal, who was the general secretary (Organisaton) in Utar Pradesh since 2014, was appointed as National Secretary in charge of the three Opposition-governed states.

In the meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar passed a proposal to call a special session of the Assembly on August 24 - for him to prove his majority - and the Legislative Council on August 25.

Amid high political drama in Bihar, Nitish Kumar snapped ties with the BJP-led NDA and joined hands with the RJD. Rabri Devi of the RJD speaks on the recent political situation in Bihar.

With Nitish Kumar parting ways with the BJP-led NDA, speculations are rife about the Mahagathbandhan or the Grand Alliance and an united Opposition. Watch Nitish Kumar's reaction on Mahagathbandhan.

Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for a record eighth time after parting ways with the BJP-led NDA. This was his reaction after taking oath as the CM of Bihar. 

Tejashwi Yadav took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister.

He took oath as the Chief Minister for the first time on March 3, 2000 and remained the CM for seven days.

The leaders of the Mahagathbandhan are tightlipped on the distribution of portfolios but sources have said that Nitish Kumar will keep the Home portfolio with himself, and the post of Assembly Speaker will go to the RJD.

Sources said Nitish Kumar accused the BJP of "horse trading" and giving some party leaders lucrative offers to make them ministers. He said that he has proof of this.

Tejashwi Yadav, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, is supposed to join the new government in Bihar.

Nitish Kumar then returned to his official residence at 1 Anne Marg along with Tejashwi Yadav, Congress state in-charge Bhakta Charan Das and other leaders of the Mahagathbandhan.

Due to large gatherings, Patna police deployed a large number of police force at those two places to control the situation.