JDU chief Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM for record 10th time today

Janata Dal United chief Nitish Kumar will take oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time on ThursdayThe swearingin ceremony will take place at Patnas historic Gandhi Maidan which has hosted his inaugurations in 2005 2010 and 2015 It is at this venue that Jayaprakash Narayan called for total revolution during a speech in 1974Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other prominent leaders of the NDA are expected to attend the swearingin ceremony The PM had skipped the swearingin ceremony in the year 2020Various Chief Ministers of NDArule states are also expected to attend the oathtaking ceremonyNitish Kumar was first elected as leader of the JD U Legislature Party during the meeting with the new MLAs held at his official residence in Patna yesterday He was also unanimously elected as leader of the National Democratic Alliance NDA Legislature Party ahead of the formation of a new government under his leadership in the State todaySamrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were also elected as leader and deputy leader of the BJP Legislature Party respectively during the meeting held at the BJP State headquartersUttar Pradeshs Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who was appointed as the central observer for the election of the Legislature Party Leader in Bihar proposed the names of both leaders and the remaining MLAs supported the proposalThe 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 201415Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Patna last evening and was accorded a welcome by BJP National President JP Nadda Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal and other leaders at the airportThje 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 seatThe Bihar assembly elections were held in two phases on November 6 and 11 Bihar recorded a historic 6713 per cent voter turnout the highest since 1951 with women voters outpacing men 716 per cent vs 628 per centWith inputs from Agencies