New Delhi: Less than 24 hours after resigning as Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar has taken oath at 10 a.m. on Thursday as the head of the government which includes BJP and its allies.
Kumar met Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi late on Wednesday with NDA leaders and staked claim to form a new government with support of 132 MLAs.
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- Nitish Kumar takes oath
- Nitish Kumar reaches Raj Bhawan in Patna, to be sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister shortly
- Sushil Modi reaches Raj Bhawan in Patna, set to be sworn in as Bihar Deputy Chief Minister.
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- Tejashwi Yadav meets Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi at Raj Bhawan
- Bihar Governor invites Nitish Kumar to form Government.
Talking to the reporters after meeting the Governor, BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said that Nitish Kumar had been invited to take oath at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
"We gave letters of support of 132 MLAs," he said.
Sushil Modi said they had requested the trust vote should take place at the earliest.
Asked if meeting the Governor in late hours reflected a fear that some MLAs could leave and join the RJD-Congress alliance, Sushil Modi said "others may have fear, not us."
Sushil Modi said the letter of support had been given of MLAs belonging to JD-U, BJP, LJP, RLSP, HAM and two independents.
State BJP chief Nityanand Rai told reporters that Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi will take oath on Thursday.
Meanwhile, RJD, which had sought time to meet Governor to stake claim to form government and was asked to meet him at 11 a.m., questioned the rationale of asking Nitish Kumar to take oath at 10 a.m.
Nitish Kumar ended a 20-month-long grand alliance coalition that defeated the BJP in 2015 and gave his resignation claiming he can't work in the "current circumstances" following corruption charges against Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav -- son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad.
(With inputs from agencies)