Nitish Kumar, the leader of Janata Dal (United) may again take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar today, ending the alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), especially this will be the eighth time that Nitish Kumar will take oath as the Chief Minister. . of Bihar.
In 2020, Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time with the support of the BJP. In the elections, the NDA won a majority of 125 seats in the 243-seat strong Bihar Assembly, of which the BJP won 74 seats, the JD(U) 43, while the other two NDA constituents won eight. Won victory. On the other hand, RJD emerged as the single largest party with 75 seats, while Congress won only 19 out of 70 seats.
Here are the latest developments in this big story
1) The party in a tweet from its official handle said, “The swearing-in ceremony of Hon’ble Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Raj Bhavan.”
2) It is widely expected that Nitish Kumar Tejashwi Yadav will be the Chief Minister while Tejashwi Yadav will be the Deputy Chief Minister.
3) According to reports, the new cabinet will have representatives of RJD and Congress, apart from JD(U), according to sources. The Left is likely to extend outside support to the new government to “maintain its independent identity”.
4) Breaking ties with the BJP-led NDA, Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation from the chief minister’s post to the Governor of Bihar.
5) Kumar said he submitted a list of 164 MLAs to Governor Fagu Chauhan, who will decide when the oath can be taken.
6) The effective strength of the state assembly is 242 and the magic figure is 122.
7) After resigning as A state in Eastern India The CM called Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to express gratitude for their support, news agency ANI reported.
8) The BJP said that Kumar had betrayed him and the people of Bihar after winning the last state election together in 2020.
9) Opposition parties on Tuesday claimed that the JD(U) breaking ties with the BJP is a sign of change in Indian politics, saying their vision of fighting the saffron party and its “politics of threat” has gained momentum. .
10) Meanwhile, LJP leader Chirag Paswan once again accused Nitish Kumar of “insulting” the mandate and demanded imposition of President’s rule and re-election in the state. Paswan also came out in support of the BJP and said that the saffron party has accepted everything that Kumar wanted as chief minister and even compromised with its policies.
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