BJP's Prem Kumar, JDU's Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Santosh Kumar, Bijendra Kumar Yadav and Shivam Kumar took oath along with Nitish Kumar and the two deputy chief ministers.
BJP's Samrat Choudhry and Vijay Kumar Sinha have taken oath as the deputy chief ministers of Bihar.
Nitish Kumar, Janta Dal (United) president takes oath as the chief minister of Bihar for the record 9th time
Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar, and BJP National President JP Nadda have arrived at the Bihar Raj Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony of the new chief minister
In the last 10 years Nitish Kumar has switched sides for eight times to retain the position of a chief minister.
Following is the record of his switching sides:
June 2013: Kumar breaks alliance with the BJP
2014: JDU routed in Lok Sabha polls, Kumar resigns as the Bihar chief minister
2014: Jitan Ram Manjhi becomes chief minister
Feb 2015: Kumar becomes chief minister again after a fallout with Manjhi
June 2015: Kumar, RJD and the Congress form Grand Alliance in Bihar
July 2017: Kumar breaks alliance, goes with the BJP again
August 2022: Kumar dumps the BJP, goes with the RJD
January 2024: Kumar resigns as chief minister to join the NDA again
The swearing-in ceremony for Bihar chief minister position to take place at 5PM today.
Nitish Kumar told reporters in Patna that he resigned today. Will decide with earlier alliance parties about future plan of action.
Nine ministers and Nitish Kumar will take oath in the evening. The nine ministers are three from BJP, three from JDU, one HUM minister, one independent minister, the Chief Minister- Nitish Kumar and deputy chief ministers- Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha.
In an apparent dig at JD(U) president Nitish Kumar who resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya on Sunday said the 'garbage has gone into the dustbin'.
After resigning as the CM, Nitish Kumar is again on his way to the Raj Bhavan, accompanied by Bihar BJP chief Samrat Chaudhary and Leader of Opposition Vijay Sinha.
BJP MLAs have approved proposal to form NDA government in Bihar with JD(U) support, Vinod Tawde told PTI. "Bihar BJP president Samrat Choudhary elected leader of legislative party, Vijay Sinha elected deputy leader," he added.
Following Nitish Kumar's resignation from the post of Chief Minister, bringing an end to the 'Mahagathbandhan' rule in Bihar, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will not allow Jungle Raj to return, indicating the formation of Nationalist Democratic Alliance-led government in the state.
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge lashes out at RJD leader as "Like Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram."
"We always suspected Nitish Kumar's intentions."
"He changes colour like Chameleon" -- Congress.
JP Nadda To Reach Patna, Take part In Swearing-In Ceremony, Say Sources To NDTV
BJP President JP Nadda will reach Patna around 4.45 pm to take part in Nitish Kumar's swearing-in ceremony.
Nitish Kumar will be assisted by two Deputy Chief Ministers in the new government to be formed with the BJP's support, sources told NDTV.
Bihar BJP chief Samrat Chaudhary and Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly Vijay Sinha will be appointed Deputy Chief Ministers, sources said.
The party's national head JP Nadda will reach Patna this evening to finalise the Bihar realignment with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), or JD(U).
Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of the JU-BJP alliance at 7 p.m. on Jan 28.
Earlier in the day Nitish Kumar handed over his resignation to Governor Rajendra Arlekar on Sunday as Chief Minister of the JDU-RJD alliance.
Kumar had met Janata Dal (United) MLAs and leaders of the party at his residence in Patna in the morning, according to ANI, following which he reached the Raj Bhavan to meet Arlekar.
"I have tendered my resignation from my position as Bihar's chief minister and have decided to dissolve the government," Kumar said in a media interaction following his resignation. "The reason behind this decision is that the situation was not good in this alliance."