JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar CM for record 10th time

JDU chief Nitish Kumar took oath today as the Bihar chief minister for a record 10th time at the Gandhi Maidan in Bihars Patna a day after he staked claim to form the next government in the state the and was elected the leader of the National Democratic Alliance NDAIn all 22 ministers including Kumar were sworn in at the event Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath of office and secrecy to themLive Narendra Modi ___httpstcoQUQHhWb7Cpmdash BJP Bihar BJP4Bihar November 20 2025The swearingin ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah BJP national president J P Nadda and several other top leaders of the NDAThe event was also attended by chief ministers of several NDA ruled statesVarious Chief Ministers of NDAruled states were also present at the oathtaking ceremony Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami among others were presentKumar resigned as the Bihar CM on Wednesday and then staked claim before Governor Arif Mohammed Khan to form the new governmentA threeday session of the newly constituted assembly will start from November 26 in which the Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be elected and new members will take oathThe NDA stormed back to power in Bihar winning 202 seats in the 243member assembly with BJP bagging 89 JDU 85 LJPRV 19 HAMS 5 and RLM 4The 2025 Bihar Assembly polls were considered as the litmus test for Nitish Kumar who has managed to steer the politics of Bihar around him in every election over the past 20 yearsThe 74yearold Nitish Kumar has been Chief Minister since November 2005 with a brief ninemonth gap in 201415The Janata Dal United supremo Nitish Kumar has staked a claim to form the government in Bihar after the National Democratic Alliance NDA swept 202 assembly constituenciesHe met Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan yesterday and tendered his resignation as the Chief MinisterThe NDA registered a historic landslide victory in the 2025 Bihar assembly polls winning 202 of the 243 seats while the Mahagathbandhan managed to secure only 35 seats The ruling alliance secured a threefourths majority in the 243member Bihar Assembly marking the second time the NDA crossed the 200seat mark in state polls In 2010 it had won 206 seatsIn the NDA the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP won 89 seats Janata Dal United won 85 Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas LJPRV won 19 Hindustani Awam Morcha Secular HAMS won five and Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four seatsAmong opposition parties the Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD won 25 seats the Indian National Congress six the Communist Party of India MarxistLeninist Liberation CPIMLL two the Indian Inclusive Party IIP one and the Communist Party of India Marxist CPIM one seatAll India MajlisEIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM secured five seats while the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP won one seat