A night after accepting resignation of Nitesh Kumar, Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi administered oath to him again as the chief minister and Sushil Kumar Modi as the deputy chief minister of Bihar on Thursday.
Amidst the chants of “Nitish Kumar Zindabad” in Raj Bhavan, the JDU chief took oath as Chief Minister for the sixth time. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on twitter said,
Congratulations to @NitishKumar ji & @SushilModi ji. Looking forward to working together for Bihar’s progress & prosperity.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 27, 2017
It may be noted that, on Wednesday evening the Nitesh tendered his resignation for the post and dissolved the Mahagathbandhan. Hours after the move, Nitish formally staked claim to form the government with the backing from the BJP. This officially marks his return to the NDA.
The JDU-BJP alliance together have 129 MLAs in the 243-member Bihar Assembly. RJD has along with Congress and CPI-ML has only 110MLAs .
It may be recalled that, in 2013, Nitesh Broke alliance with the BJP when they projected that Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate . In 2015, JDU formed alliance with Lalu Prasad, later transforming into grand alliance with the Congress to fight the assembly elections. Finally JDU took a U-turn in 2017 and returned to its former ally BJP.
