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Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM

Nitish Kumar has been sworn-in as the chief minister of Indian state of Bihar for the fourth consecutive term yesterday in the presence of Union Home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president  Jagat Prakash Nadda. Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Nitish Kumar and 14 ministries have sworn-in including Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi from the BJP as his two deputies. Opposition leader, Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal decided not to attend the event. The NDA won 125 seats in the 243-member state Assembly, three above the halfway mark. The JDU which is the alliance partner of the NDA in Bihar, has just won only 43 seats in the state's assembly elections and the BJP managed to win 74 seats in the state. 

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Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM

Nitish Kumar has been sworn-in as the chief minister of Indian state of Bihar for the fourth consecutive term yesterday in the presence of Union Home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president  Jagat Prakash Nadda. Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Nitish Kumar and 14 ministries have sworn-in including Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi from the BJP as his two deputies. Opposition leader, Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal decided not to attend the event. The NDA won 125 seats in the 243-member state Assembly, three above the halfway mark. The JDU which is the alliance partner of the NDA in Bihar, has just won only 43 seats in the state's assembly elections and the BJP managed to win 74 seats in the state. 

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