Patna: On Wednesday night, Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Patna before to Nitish Kumar’s tenth oath of office as Chief Minister of Bihar. BJP National President JP Nadda, Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal, and other leaders greeted Shah at the airport. Nitish Kumar, the leader of the Janata Dal (United), has declared his intention to form the government in Bihar following the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) victory in 202 assembly seats. On Wednesday, he met with Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and submitted his resignation as Chief Minister.
After taking the oath of office at Patna’s famed Gandhi Maidan, where Jayaprakash Narayan demanded a “total revolution” in a 1974 address, Kumar will serve as Bihar’s chief minister for the tenth time today. A day prior to the swearing-n event, Kumar was unanimously chosen as the NDA’s legislative leader earlier in the day. At a gathering at his Patna home, he was also chosen as the JD(U) legislative party’s head. Bihar BJP president Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chairman Chirag Paswan, and Kumar’s deputies Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were also present.
The swearing-n ceremony is set for tomorrow and will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other notable NDA figures. It is also anticipated that a number of chief ministers from states ruled by the NDA will be there. In the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, the Mahagathbandhan won just 35 seats, while the NDA won 202 of the 243 seats in a historic landslide victory. After winning 206 seats in 2010, this is the second time the NDA has surpassed the 200-seat threshold in state polls.
The BJP gained 89 seats among NDA constituents, followed by JD(U) with 85, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) with 19, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) with five, and Rashtriya Lok Morcha with four. The Congress won six seats, the RJD won twenty-five, the CPI(ML)(L) won two, the Indian Inclusive Party won one, and the CPI(M) won one. The BSP won one seat, while the AIMIM won five. The Bihar assembly elections, which took place in two stages on November 6 and 11, saw a record-breaking 67.13 percent voter turnout, the highest since 1951, with women outnumbering males (71.6% vs. 62.8%).
