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Nitish sworn in Bihar CM for 6th time

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Published: 06:21, 27 July 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Nitish sworn in Bihar CM for 6th time

International Desk: Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time on Thursday morning, fewer than 14 hours after resigning from the post.

This time, he swore to form a government in the state with the support of the BJP and the NDA.

Even as the ceremony was on, RJD workers in Patna set up blockades and protested Nitish forming the government with the BJP.

Also sworn in on Thursday morning, as deputy chief minister of Bihar, was the BJP's Sushil Modi, considered by many to be the man who deflated the not-so-grand 'mahagathbandhan', or 'grand alliance'.

Until Wednesday, Modi's post was held by the erstwhile alliance's Tejashwi Yadav, son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad.

Soon after Nitish's resignation was accepted by Bihar governor Keshri Nath Tripathi, Sushil Modi submitted a letter to Tripathi pledging the support of 132 MLAs for Nitish to form the next government.

Tripathi then set the time for Thursday's swearing-in ceremony and said Nitish has to prove his majority in the state Assembly within two days of being sworn in.

Source: Agencies
 

risingbd/Dhaka/July 27, 2017/A K Azad

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