Nitish Kumar takes oath as CM, Tejashwi Yadav as DCM

Patna, Aug 10: Janata Dal(U) leader Nitish Kumar on August 10 took oath as Chief Minister for the eighth time and Tejashwi Yadav as his Deputy in the cabinet again at state Raj Bhawan in Patna.

 

 

 

Governor Phagu Chouhan administered the oath to them.

 

 

 

Earlier in 2015, both had taken oath together for the same. Though two years after in 2017, Kumar played a turncoat and had joined hands with the BJP. The rest of the cabinet of ministers is likely to take oath later. “The oath of other ministers may happen in a day or two, before the inauspicious month of Kharwans which begins from August 12”, said a senior RJD leader. Leaders of all seven mahagathbandhan parties were present during the oath-taking ceremony along with family members of Yadav. After taking the oath, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while speaking to media persons, said that he would not be there (as CM) in 2024. “What will happen I do not know but one this is sure that I’ll not be here in 2024”, said Kumar throwing enough indications that he would prefer to do national politics by that time.

When asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kumar said, “in 2014 he became PM but only time will tell whether he would remain there in 2024 or not? I’m not an aspirant for the PM’s post but in 2024 all (opposition parties) should come together”, appealed Kumar. On what was the difference between the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the current PM Narendra Modi, Kumar said, “Vajpayee had given us so much love, warmth, and respect that we cannot ever forget but the situation has quite changed now”. When asked about what went wrong with BJP, Kumar said, “you all know it very well...I was not speaking to you all for the last one and half months. My partymen will let you know everything.” Kumar once again asserted that he didn’t want to become Chief Minister in 2020 but “there was pressure from all sides so I accepted the post”.

 

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“You all must be knowing how many seats JD(U) had got in 2015 assembly elections (70 seats) and how much in 2020 assembly poll (43). Why my party was reduced to such a low figure? A lot of things were going on so my partymen decided to snap ties with BJP and I went with their decision”, he said.