New Delhi: Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister in Patna on Thursday for a document tenth time on Thursday within the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a bunch of Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) heavyweights.

Governor Arif Mohammad Khan additionally administered oath of workplace to 26 ministers of which 14 are from the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP), 8 from the Janata Dal(United) or JD(U), 2 from the Lok Janshakti Social gathering (Ram Vilas) or LJP (RV), 1 every from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) or HAM (S), and the Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM).

Two-thirds of the ministers are from Scheduled Castes (5), Different Backward Lessons (7) and Economically Backward Lessons (6), whereas 8 are from the overall class. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by BJP nationwide president J.P.Nadda, Union Residence Minister Amit Shah and NDA chief ministers amongst others.

The NDA recorded a landslide victory in Bihar, profitable 202 out of 243 seats.The BJP gained 89 seats, the JD(U) 85, the LJP(RV) gained 19, the HAM(S) 5, and the RLM 4.

Choudhary, in the meantime, had courted controversy within the run-up to the polls. The BJP chief has been a two-time MLA from the Parbatta constituency, which is a part of Khagaria district. He got here underneath fireplace after Jan Suraaj Social gathering (JSP) chief Prashant Kishor made severe allegations of falsifying age and academic {qualifications} and linked him to the decades-old Shilpi-Gautam homicide.

Kishor had additionally levelled costs in opposition to Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal, accusing him of homicide and illegally taking on the administration of a school. Like Choudhary, Jaiswal returned to the Bihar Cupboard during which he had earlier served as a income minister for a short time period.

Former Union Minister and Lalu Yadav confidante Ram Kripal Yadav, who switched to the BJP in 2014, was additionally inducted as a minister within the Cupboard. He defeated the RJD candidate from Danapur.

The NDA, in line with a senior BJP chief, targeted on counting on skilled faces who had been a part of the earlier authorities in Bihar. “The emphasis is on continuity and although recent faces have additionally been given area, the federal government will probably be led by skilled faces.”

The ministers to be appointed included Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Vijendra Kumar Yadav, Shravan Kumar, Mangal Pandey, Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, Leshi Singh, Ashok Chaudhary, Madan Sahni, Nitin Nabin, Ram Kripal Yadav, Santosh Kumar Suman, Sunil Kumar, Mohd Zama Khan, Sanjay Singh Tiger, Arun Shankar Prasad, Surendra Mehta, Narayan Prasad, Rama Nishad, Lakhendra Kumar Roshan, Shreyashi Singh, Pramod Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Paswan, Sanjay Kumar Singh, and Deepak Prakash.

Olympic shooter and two-time MLA Shreyasi Singh, 34, was additionally named as a minister.

(Edited by Tony Rai)