Nitish to take oath as CM along with deputies Samrat Chaudhary, Vijay Sinha

Janata Dal United chief Nitish Kumar left the Governors House along with MLAs after resigning as Bihar chief minister on SundayBringing closure to the fastunravelling political events earlier in the day Nitish handed his resignation letter to Governor Rajendra Arlekar along with letters of support from the BJP legislatorsAccepting his resignation letter the Governor requested him to discharge his administrative duties as the caretaker chief minister till the new government takes shapeIt is understood that Nitish will take oath as the CM for the ninth time along with two deputy chief ministers from the BJP at the swearingin ceremony on SundayThe oathtaking ceremony is scheduled to be held at 5 in the evening The BJP and the JDU are keen to avoid a power vacuum in a state notorious for its political realignmentsMeanwhile BJP national president JP Nadda will arrive in Bihar later in the day and will be received at the airport by Union Minister Nityanand Rai and former state party president and MP Sanjay JaiswalAmid rumours that Sushil Modi and Renu Kumari were in the running for deputy CMs after the churn at the husting the BJPs spokesperson in the state Sumit Shashank told ANI on Sunday that Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha will be sworn in as Nitishs deputiesEarlier in his first reaction to the political turmoil after tendering his resignation letter to the Governor Nitish Kumar said the state of affairs in the Mahagathbandhan grand alliance formed one and a half years ago was not goodNitish Kumar after parting ways with the BJP in 2022 took on the initiative of uniting all opposition forces to jointly take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling party in the national electionIn 2000 Nitish became CM for the first time after campaigning against RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadavs Jungle Raaj Till now he became Bihars CM on eight occasionsIn 2013 Nitish broke ranks with the NDA after a 17year alliance following the announcement of Narendra Modi as the BJPs prime ministerial candidateHe expressed his displeasure to the BJP over Modis selection as the PM face and after the BJP decided to not change its decision Kumar left the allianceIn 2017 Nitish forged a grand alliance with the RJD and Congress and returned as chief minister in 2015He walked out of the grand alliance in 2017 accusing the RJD of corruption and choking governance in the stateIn 2022 Nitish Kumar snapped ties with the BJP once again alleging the BJP was conspiring against him and trying to influence JDU MLAs to rebel against himThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever